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Prince Henry, better known as Henry the Navigator, was an important figure in the early days of the portugese empire and the age of exploration. He was a big help in the development of european exploration and trade with other countries.
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He sponsered many chinese exploration voages in Asia
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This was the first of seven grand voyages that had some fleets with up to 60 ships and over 25,000 people.
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The David statue gained political meaning for the city of florence, it was also very traditional.
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The printing press helped print books faster, increasing literacy rates.
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This marked the end of the Byzantine empire, which lasted for over 1000 years!
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Bordeaux surrendered
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Dias was making a voage to india, he wanted to go farther but his crew refused. It was on the return voyage that he discovered the cape of good hope.
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This was significant because it made it possible for C. Columbus to travel to the americas in 1492.
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He was traveling to the East Indies and that;s where he thought he was. He called the people he saw there indians. Turns out he was in america!
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The treaty was an agreement to divide non european land between them for exploration.
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On this day he landed in Calicut which opened up many trade opportunities and helped many economies.
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After he studied for 25 years, he reasoned that everything revolved around the sun.
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He described his travels in detail, and a mapmaker made them into the best map that he could. So America was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
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Many tecniques used in this painting are still used today
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As captain general of the Armada, he was told to find the land past the oceanic horizon. Cortez and his man first spoted land now called the coast of Yukatan.
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There were many problems making this for Michelangelo but it still turned out to be a great masterpiece
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Sparked new ideas artistically, thought to have painted himself in this picture.
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The book was written in vernacular language so more people could read it.
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This was the start of the protestant reformation
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20 slaves revolted in Hispaniola. This revolt started the "fire" for slave revolts to become very continuous.
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Pizzaro had a plan to kidnap Atalupa during a meeeting with him.Pizzaro did not believe he he was going to have much success due to the fact that Atalupa had a very large militia. When Atalupa came to the meeting, he brought along 2000 unnarmed men. Atahualpa was kidnapped by Pizzaro's men and his army defeated.
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Called himself tczar, won great victories, added great lands to Russia, but also excecuted many boyars as he thought they poisened his wife.
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Cartier's explorations of the Canadian coast laid the basis for French claims to North America.
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Greatly helped in the protestant reformation. Sparked equality questions about men and women.
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Edward was the first born son of Henry VIII. He started ruling at 9 years old.
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Is considered a MAJOR leader in the counter-reformation because many people were becoming protestant and he brought many back to the catholic faith.
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Known as bloody mary for burning many at the stake for heresy
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Brought the religion of anglican/protestant back to her country
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Created the largest navy called the armada and an army to spread catholicism around the globe
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English warships outmanuevered teh spanish vessels. It dealt a crippling blow to spain's dominance on the high seas. Also opened the way for the rest of europe to venture into the Americas.
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This was made for trade with the Indies but ended up trading a lot with the Indian sub-continent
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He was continuing their work and concluded the ideas were true.
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The Dutch East India company transported goods from Asia to Europe.
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often called the birth of the modern European novel. Some thought the book was mocking chivalry, others thought it was about an idealistic person who longs for the romantic past because he is frustrated with his materialistic world.
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He discovered a body of water that was later named Hudson Bay on this trip. In November, 1610, the trip was stuck in ice in Hudson Bay. The crew wanted to leave because of the harsh weather but Hudson would not let them leave. The crew eventually put Hudson, his son, and 7 other crew members in a boat and they were never heard from again.
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Wrote many plays that people still preformed after his death
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Was a struggle between france and spain.
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Made france more powerful by moving against the Hugenots, weakening the nobles power and limited Hapsburg's power by including them in the 30 years war.
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known for often dissolving Parliament because of money
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It showed that Galileo supported the Copernican theory. The church then forced him to say he didn't believe in those ideas. He lived the rest of his life on house arrest, but his ideas still spread all over Europe.
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This sets forth his scientific method of reasining from the basis of doubt.
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He increased teh growth in Prussia by giving Junkers exclusive right to be officers in his army, moving towards absolute monarchy and creating a standing army.
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His new army defeated the Cavaliers
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In the time he ruled he ended the war. The peace treaty made France the most powerful country in europe.
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He believed that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked, and that we need the government to keep us in order.
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the period of his rule is called the restoration period, he restored the monarchy
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La Salle sailed from France in August in search for the mouth of the Mississippi River. it helpe dspain gain land
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In 1664, the English sent a fleet to seize New Netherlands. New Netherlands was then changed to New York, named after James, the duke of York.
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One of the most important scientific books ever writte. The law of gravity explained how the same physical laws governed motion both on the earth and in the heavens.
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The book served to justify the overthrow of James II. Locke's theory had a deep influence on modern political thinking.
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Was the sole czar (ceasar)
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Westernized Russia
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Louis's grandson was allowed to remain king of spain so long as the thrones of France and Spain were not united.
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This is something that is still used today.
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This was used to put together many of the works of scholars and enlightened thinkers. It is someting still used today.
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She was one of the women thinkers that wrote about and beilived women should have an education.
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British emerged as victors because they gained sole domination of India economically
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This war is said to be the product of the localized rivalry between British and French colonies.
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Russia, Prussia and Austria all tried to assert their influence in poland. In 1772 they all took a piece of it for themselves.
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Catherine had previously favored ending serfdom, after the rebellion she changed her mind.
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Raiders dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This was a protest against the import tea tax. The boston tea party caised Goerge III to close the port.
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Joseph II had many reforms, this was one of his most radical ones. Sadly, after his death most of the reforms were undone.
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55 delagates signed the constitution, they all shared their basic ideas for a government that we still use today.
