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Period: Dec 13, 1300 to
history
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Period: Jan 28, 1390 to
age of exploration
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Mar 4, 1394
prince henry of portugal is born
prince henry is born. He is better known has prince henry the navigator. -
Jan 1, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
Hongwu died so yonglo took over. He started to building of the great wall of china. -
Jul 11, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
He had a fleet of 317 ships and a crew of about 28,000 men.They always had well maped expeditions planned. -
Aug 30, 1430
Donatello
This showed that you could get a lot of detail in a statue. Staues were very hard to make. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the turks
Constaninople was the last big Roman city. It was important to trade routes. -
Jul 14, 1453
The hundred years war ends
This war is a series of conflicts btween frnce and england. The war actually lasted 106 years. -
Sep 15, 1455
Johan Gutenberg invents the Pringting Press
THis was a very important writing invention. This helped to make more books quicker therefore making them cheaper then more people could buy them so then more people were literate. -
May 29, 1488
B.Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
He was looking for the bottm of Africa. There was a storm that blewhim around the tip of Africa. So he named it Cape of Good Hope. -
Jan 29, 1492
Ferdinand and Isabella end war with Muslims
They were at war with the muslims, Then christopher colombus asked them if he could sail for them they let him after the war was ended. -
Oct 12, 1492
C. Columbus spots land in North America
Christopher Columbus was looking for a all way water route to india. He ended up landing in America. -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain and Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain and portugal both claim land. The treaty of portugal gives land for both countries to explore. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama lands in India
Commaner of the first fleet of ships to go straight to India. He was named as the governor of India. -
Jan 31, 1500
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
Many explorers went to explor America. America was actually named after Amerigo Vespucci. -
Period: Feb 28, 1500 to
Age of absolute monarchs
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Jun 16, 1503
Leonardo DaVinci stats the Mona Lisa
He was never quite don e with the mona lisa. THe mona lisa is still a mystery to people today., -
Feb 5, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sitine Chapel
It is the official residents of the pope. It is the most famous chapel. -
Oct 17, 1508
Raphael paints school of Athens
it is one of the four main frescoes. It is known as Raphaels masterpiece. -
Dec 17, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
The Prince is a plitical treatise. There is another version printed in 1513 in latin. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 thesis
Martin Luther Started the protestant reformation. He was upset with a miquided church and possted the 95 thsis. -
Mar 31, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
He landed in Mexico looking for gold. He ended up conquering a Native Tribe with only a few hundred men. -
Dec 27, 1522
First Slave revolts in Hispaniola
The slaves did not likeing being slaves. So they revolted. -
Nov 16, 1532
F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
Atahualpa is the leader of the Incan. Pizzaro and his men ended up taking over the Incan empire. -
Mar 4, 1533
Ivan the Terribla came to theThone
Ivan had a good period and a bad period. In his bad period he killed his son. -
Sep 27, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He Thought the St. Lawrence River would take him to India. He claimed Montreal. -
Feb 3, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
was married to King Henry VIII. She was executed becouse she couldnt give him a son. -
Dec 17, 1537
Edward VI is born
He was 9 when he started his rule. He was the only son of Henry VIII. -
Apr 25, 1540
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
He was a spanish knight. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the counter reformation. -
Oct 8, 1553
Mary I becomes queen
Her nickname was bloody mary. She was Henry VIII's last living child. -
Sep 18, 1560
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
She was married to Henry VIII. She tricked other kings into thinking she was going to marry them and the tok their land. -
Mar 4, 1571
Pope called on Princes to fight Ottoman Empire
The pope didnt like the ottoman empire. So he had other countries fight them. -
Mar 1, 1579
William of Orange led the Overthrow of Spanish Rule in Netherlands
He stopped spain. By flooding a town. -
Period: Mar 27, 1580 to
chapter 22
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Mar 27, 1581
galileo publishes his many findings.
in Dialogue concerning the 2 chief world system. He proved aristotle wrong many times. -
Battle of English Channel
England beat Spain. Spain was the top power but not anymore. -
Spain lost power
Spain lost to Britan in A naval battle. Everybody wanted to be the top power now. -
English East India Company is founded
It was a English and later British joint stock company. It was created to trade with India but mainly traded India sub continent, northwest frontier province, balochistan. -
Dutch east india Company is founded
It is considerded to be the first multinational company in the world. It was the first company to issue stock. -
Elizabeth died
Queen Elzabeth died. People were sad. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
Hudsons men made him his son and 7 other men sail off. They were never seen again. -
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote many plays and poems. His most famous play is Romeo and Juliet. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
The dutch claimed New Netherlands. The english came in and scared the Dutch away. -
Rene Descartes
He laid out his scienfific method in discourse on Method.He developed analytical geometry. -
parliment passes law to limit kings power
kings had to much power. Parliment didnt like that. -
Louis came to power
HE began his reign at 5 years old. He became the strongest king of his time. -
Isaac Newton
Published his laws of gravity in Mathmatical Principles of Natural Philosophy. He created 3 "laws." -
Thomas Hobbes
He outlined the social contract in Leviathan. He was convinced that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked. -
Habeas Corpus
It let peple know why they were in trouble. People couldnt be randomly arrested. -
La Salle claims Mississippi River for Spain
He claimed the whole Missippi River. And every river that drained into it. -
William led his army to France
William was supposed to overthrow James. But James ran away. -
William and MAry sign the BIll of rights
William was supposed to get James out of power. They went to overthrow him and he fled. -
Peter the Great becomes Sole Czar
He is known as peter the Great because he was one of Russias geatest reformers. He also continued the trend of increasing the czars power. -
Peter embarked on the Grand Embasy
Peter was looking for a change. So he traveled to other countries to find how some ideas to change. -
War of Spanish succession Begins
The war lasted until 1713. The Treaty of Utrecht was also signed in 1713. -
Maria Theresa succeeded her father
Maria wanted a peaceful ltime but she faced war. Her main enemy was Prussia. -
Henry Fielding
He wrote the novel Tom Jones. His younger sister sarah is also a famous writer. -
Ander Celsius
He created his scale for measuring temperature. His scale was Celsius. -
Denis Diderot
He published the first set of encylopedia's.He was a philosopher and writer. -
Seven Years War begins
The French and the English both claimed the same land. This led to the seven years war aka Frensh and Indian War. -
MAry Wollstoncraft is Born
She wanted to let girls go to school. She published an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. -
Cesare Baccaria
He wrote against toture in On Crimes and Punishment. HE believed laws existed to preserve social order not to avenge crimes. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a rebellion against England. This led up to the Revolutionary war. -
Joseph Priestley
He seperated oxygen from the air. He was a chemist. -
Declaration of Independence
Was a document to declare independence. This is what basically started the Revolutionary War. -
Mozart
he performed Don Giovanni for the first time. Mozart is a classic symphony writer. -
Delegates sign the consitiution.
At the constitutional concention the degates signed the consitution. This is for our constitutional rights. -
Beethoven dies
Beethoven was also a symphony writer. he idolized mozart.
