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Jul 3, 1492
Columbus discovers the New World
Christopher Columbus was an explorer sailing fro Spain who wanted to find the East Indies. He landed in San Salvador instead, but died believing that he'd achieved his goal of landing in the Indies. He is often known as the man who discovered America. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther 95 Thesis
The 95 Thesis were written by Martin Luther and were nailed by him to the Wittenberg castle church. This was the start of the Protestant Reformation. -
Creation of the Edict of Nantes
A royal decree created by Henry IV giving religious tolerance and freedom to worship to the Huguenots. -
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a war fought between the Cavaliers, those who supported Charles I, and the Round Heads, those who supported Parliament. As a result of this war, the Round Heads won and Charles I was put o trial and executed. -
Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes
King Louis XIV, "The Sun King", revoked the Edict of Nantes, which was established by Henry IV. He was devoutly Catholic and the Edict of Nantes allowed Protestants to have religious freedoms. -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution was when James II fled to exile because William came with a Dutch Army. They call is the Glorious Revolution because no blood was shed. William and Mary, Protestants, then took the throne after signing the English Bill of Rights. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the Americans gaining independence from Great Britan. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a time where the French commoners revolted against the Nobility. The French Revolution really kick-started when the people stormed the Bastille. -
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a meeting of the major European powers to re-establish a balance of power in Europe for the future after the defeat of Napoleon. This was the cause of the attempt of unification of Italy and Germany. -
Matthew Perry opening Japan to trade
Perry was sent to Japan by Fillmore, the president of the U.S. at the time, to negotiate a treaty that would guarantee safety of U.S. soldiers and would open up trade with the Japanese. Japan signed the Treaty of Kanagawa and met the U.S. demands. -
The Italian Unification
The Italian unification happened because the Congress of Vienna had separated the whole state into "a patchwork of independent nation-states" ruled by different Germans, French, Spanish, Austrian, and Catholic Churches. There were two nationalists who helped to unify Italy into one whole state; Cavour helped to unify northern Italy and Garibaldi helped unify southern Italy -
Te German Unification
Germany was finally declared unified in 1870 after the Franco-Prussian War.
