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Oct 3, 1492
Columbus sails to the Americas
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Columbus had an objective, to reach Asia (The Indies) where gold, pearls, and spices awaited for him. -
Nov 8, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, led by Hernando Cortes, was a landmark victory for the European settlers. Cortes survived the battle, and led the final attacks on Tenochititlan. The Spanish defeat of the Aztecs has been criticized extensively for many years. -
English settle Jamestown
http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement.htmIn 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. Stockholders hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. -
Louis XIV of France begins his reign
Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his cheif minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. -
Peter the Great of Russia begins his regin
Tsar Peter I of Russia is more usually described as 'Peter the Great'.When Alexis died very suddenly in 1676, Feodor ruled until his own death in 1682, when the ten year-old Peter became tsar jointly with his half-brother Ivan. -
Glorious Revolution in England
King of Great Britain from 1685 until he fled to France in 1688, brought the "Glorious" revolution down upon himself. When, In June 1688, he had a son, fears of the establishment of a Catholic dynasty in England led prominent Protestant statesmen to invite William of Orange, James's son-in-law, to assume the throne. -
Sans - Culotte
Was in the French Revolution where the radical partisans of the lower classes were typically urban laborers. -
French Revolution begins
Hearing a report of the peasants rioting and other outbreaks, some liberal nobles in the National Assembly, set the example of giving up their feudal rights. -
National Assembly
The National Assembly was a French congress which existed from June 17, 1789 to July 9, 1791. -
Estates -General
Was a essembly house of representatives. -
Great Fear
Was a wave of sensless panic that spread through the French country side. -
Guillotine
The Guillotine was a machine used for beheading. The device is noted for long being the main method of execution in France and, more particularly, for its use during the French Revolution. -
Napoleon conquers most of Europe
These EHL maps show the legacy of Napoleon's French conquests. The Napoleonic Wars lasted from roughly 1803-1814, when the revolution-torn nation of France stunned the continent with a nearly global campaign of conquest and seeming invincibility. -
Copernicus presents the Heliocentric Theory
His suggestion of a heliocentric model of the universe challenged the widely held belief that the Earth was at rest in the center of the universe. -
Scientific method
A logical procedure information about the natural world as European thought.
