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Period: Jan 1, 1334 to
The Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague was a widespread plague that wiped out millions of people during the Middle Ages, said to have gotten into Europe through trade routes with Asia -
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to
The Renaissance Period
A period of cultural rebirth near the end of the Middle Ages. It began in Floence and spread throughout much of the European world through thingssuch as trading. -
Jan 1, 1381
English Peasant Revolt
The English Peasant Revolt was a major uprising across England in 1381, due to factors such as economic and political tensions, struggles due to the Black Death, and high taxes from the Hundred Years War. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Discovery
This time period was known as the "Age of Discovery" due to massive explorations and discoveries of other continents and places -
Jan 1, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The capture of Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, which occured after they were attacked by the Ottoman Empire. This once mighty country was now in ruins and destroyed. -
Jan 1, 1494
Line of Demarcation
An imaginary line that divided the newly discoevered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther writes the 95 Theses
Martin Luther puts his papel bull, the "95 Theses", on the door of the Catholic church, demanding changed such as getting rid of indulgences. -
Period: Jan 1, 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
A religious movement of the 16th century in an attempt to change reform the Catholic Church and have religious freedom -
Jan 1, 1531
King Henry VIII starts the Church of England
When he found out the Catholic Church would not let him divorce his wife, King Henry VIII decided to start his own sect of Christiniaty which allowed divorce and more religious freedome, originally known as the Church of England -
Jan 1, 1534
Act of Supremacy
The Act of Supremacy delcared the King Henry VIII was the supreme head of the Church of England -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council(s) of Trent
Meeting of the officials in the Catholic Church that determined that the pope was supreme as well as established Roman Catholicism as the official religion -
Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
The Scientifc Revolution
A period of time with many new developments in modern science, including mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, medicine, chesitry, and nature. -
Jan 1, 1552
John Calvin creates Calvinism
Calvinism was a sect of Christinity created by Joh Calvin, which expressed many of his religious ideas, one of the main ones being predestination -
Jan 1, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
A treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Lutheran princes, on September 25, 1555, signed at the imperial city of Augsburg. It officially ended the religious struggle between the two groups and made the legal division of Christendom permanent within the Holy Roman Empire. -
Jan 1, 1556
Philip II is crowned King of Spain
King Philip II was known for his HUGE empire, which included territories on all the continents known to Europeans at the time (including the Philippines after his name) His vast empire gained the saying "the empire on which the sun never sets" -
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Thirty Years War
A series of wars in central Europe stemming from the ongoing dispute between Protestants and Catholics about religious beliefs -
Treaty of Westphalia
A series of peace treaties that ended the Thirty Years War -
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Period of Enlightenment
A period of intellectual movement emphasizing reason and idividualism rather than traditionalism as had been seen in the earlier times where the Catholic church was supreme
