History 2 Timeline By Jordan Burke Jan 1, 1350 Renaissance Begins Oct 17, 1419 prince henry founded navigation school in portugal May 29, 1453 Byzatine capital of Constantinople conquered and renamed istanbul by the muslim ottomans Oct 17, 1492 columbus first voyage Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Aug 13, 1521 cortez conquers the aztecs Oct 17, 1532 Pizzaro conquers the inca Dec 17, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory Dec 17, 1609 Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion Dec 17, 1610 Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory Dec 17, 1616 William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood Jan 30, 1649 Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I Dec 17, 1651 Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan Oct 31, 1653 Taj Mahal built Oct 31, 1660 The restoration of Charles II Oct 31, 1682 Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles Dec 17, 1686 law isaac Newton formulated gravity. Oct 31, 1688 Glorious Revolution (William & Mary) Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights of 1689 Dec 17, 1689 John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government: May 27, 1703 Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg founded as russis's new capital after winning access to baltic sea. Dec 17, 1748 Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws Dec 17, 1762 Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract Jul 4, 1776 Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence Dec 17, 1783 The American colonies win independence from England
