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Period: Sep 1, 1200 to
World History 2 Timeline
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Sep 18, 1300
The Renaissance
culrural movement from 14th to 17th century. began in florence italy in 14th century. -
Oct 18, 1418
Prince Hnery founds navigation school in Portugal
in this school people were trained in navigation, map-making, and science. They did this in order to sail west ofafrica -
Feb 2, 1453
byzantine capital of constantinople conqured and renamed it istanbul by the muslim ottomans
it was once , one of the greatest cities in the world. thriving and everything was popping then. however it was soon tp be captured by the muslim ottomans and then renamed istanbul -
Oct 18, 1492
Columbus' first voyage
The firsttime america was discovered. he had to convence spain to help fund his trip -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
treaty between portugal and spain. Basically was to divide all the land outside or europe. -
Oct 2, 1503
leonardo da vinci paints the '' mona lisa ''
wa the true definition of renassaince paintings. people thought the painting was of Lisa Gherardini. -
Oct 2, 1504
michaelangelo's david
stood 17ft tall. located outside the Palazzo della signoria. -
Oct 2, 1508
michaelangelo's painting of the sistine chappel
the paintings each descrinbe mini events that took place. was 40 meters long and 13 meters wide -
Oct 2, 1509
erasmus writes '' praise of folly ''
it was first written in latin. inspired by De Triumpho Stultitiae -
Oct 18, 1519
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
Cortes was offered help from enimies of the Aztecs. was 8 months of battling. Sneak atacks help with the win -
Oct 18, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the inca
when the spanish conquers the inca empire. he captured them with only 169 soilders. took decades of fighting but the spanish ended in a victory -
Dec 14, 1543
nicolaus.c developed the heliocentric theory
said the sun was in the middle of the universe not earth. published on the Revolutions of heavenly Bodies -
Dec 14, 1564
galileo used telescope to support heliocentric theory
italian scientist
published his findings in Starry messenger -
Johannes Kepler discovered planeatry motion
said mathematics laws govern planetary motion.
said orbits were elliptical. -
shakespeare writes '' the tragedy of Julius Caesar''
consists of julius caesars assassination. and defeat of the conspirators at the Battle of Philippi. -
william harvey discovered circulation of bllood
english doctor that published On the Motion of the Heart and Blood In Animals . -
issac newton formulated law of gravity
english scientis
published mathematical priciples of Natural Philosophy
discovered the laws of gravity -
Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
Charles l was executed for treason. Oliver Cromwell was born on 25 April 1599 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Cromwell defeated the supporters of his son Charles ll at dubar -
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
The book shows the society and legitmat government
ideas-
Humans are naturally evil
in the "state of nature", life would be "nasty, brutish and short"
so, people need a gov't -
taj mahal built
its about 561 feet tall. located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. -
the restoration of Charles l
England, Scotland and Ireland are the 3 kingdoms were his monarchy. Also was the second son of King James VI of Scotland. Made English and Scottish parliament stronger -
Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles
Located in Versailles, France. Louis XIV is known as the sun god. It was the center of political power in france. -
Glorious Revolution ( William and Mary)
They were first offered the throne by tthe Convention Parliament. They had no children. William had a successful invasion in England. -
English Bill Of Rights of 1689
an act declareing the succession of the crown. Its often callled the English Bill of Rights -
John Locke's Two Treaties on Government
ideas
"popular sovereighty"
gov't's power comes from the people
people have natural rights to life, liberty and property -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
It was the first structure built in the new city. Was orginally built for protection but ended up not doing so. Where the most poweerful ships were built -
Death of Louis XIV
He was excecuted for tresaon found guilty so sentences to death. Was a weak indecisive leader who waited until the country was bankrupt to do anything. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract
swiss writer
ideas
social contract- free individuals agree to create a society and gov't to protect their rights -
Thomas Jefferson Declarartion of Independence
by thomas jefferson
based on Locke's ideas
argued for natural rights
listed griviences as justification for revolution -
storming of the bastile
It was first invaded for gunpowdser. It was a prison -
Reign of Terror
- a great wave of panic that rolled through france.A time that happened during the ferench revolution.
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Napoleon becomes Emperoor
joined the army of the new french gov;t. created napoleonic code- def, comprehensive, uniform set of laws -
congress of vienna meets
serious of meetings of european leaders.. Attempted to restore europe as it had been before french revolution and Napoleonic code. -
napoleon dies
goal- unify europe under french revolutition. his goal was eventually unsuccessful
