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Began in Italy, where a ton of famous artwork was made.
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Started with Prince Henry the Navigator offering training in navigation and cartography in 1418
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His ships reached the Madeira Islands and established a colony at Porto Santo
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Invented the movable type printing press, allowing scripts to be mass produced. One of those products being the "Gutenberg Bible",
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Led his ships out of the Spanish port of Palos. His goals was to sail west until he reached Asia, but instead, he found the Americas.
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Appointed to command and expedition which opened trade between Asia and Europe. He was the first to sail around the continent of Africa and Asia.
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Composed the Heliocentric theory; that the sun is the center of the solar system.
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Created the Statue of David and made lots of artwork during the renaissance.
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Painted the Mona Lisa during the renaissance
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Wrote the Praise of Folly
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Caused by people criticizing the catholic church.
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Wrote the "95 Theses" and nailed them to the nearest church door for everyone to see.
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Headed out of Spain with five ships determined to discover a route to the Spice Islands. While on his voyage, he discovered what is now known as the "Strait of Magellan" and was the first European ti cross the Pacific Ocean.
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Defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed the land of Mexico for Spain.
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Discovered the Incan Empire and conquered them. He stole their gold, silver, and other valuables.
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Established the Church of England and was able to go through six wives in his lifetime.
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Discovered the St. Lawrence River and allowed France to claim land that is now known as Canada.
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Founded the Jesuits in Montemartre, Paris, France
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Caused by curiosity from the renaissance, making people question their old beliefs
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Queen of England, Ireland, and Wales. After becoming queen, she restored the Church of England to relieve stress between England and France.
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Circumnavigated the globe and helped defeat the Spanish Armada.
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Made a significant contribution to English Literature by writing several world famous plays, such as "Romeo and Juliet"
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Wrote the "Don Quixote".
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Discovered three major laws of planetary motion, developed his first two and then 10 years later, his third one.
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Invented a telescope to discover four new moons circling Jupiter; Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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Discovered the circulation of blood in the human body.
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Leading french protestant reformer, helped popularize the belief in sovereignty of God, now known as "Calvinism". He wrote the "Doctrine of Predestination" during the renaissance period.
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Absolute monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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Elected into parliament. During the English Civil War he served as general on parliament's side.
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Started over conflicts and controversy between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
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With a Scottish army, he invaded England but was defeated by Oliver Cromwell.
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Wrote a book called "Leviathan" and believed that people are naturally wicked and thought that they could bit be trusted to run the government.
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Established absolute monarchy in France and brought a court to his palace, Versailles.
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Developed his own theories of gravitation first, and then he composed his three laws of gravity.
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Attempted to establish Russia as a great nation.
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Caused by the Thirty Years War which lasted from 1618-1648, in which they wanted to "lighten up" the human intellect and culture from the "dark" Middle ages.
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replaced the reign of King James II with the joint monarchy of his daughter Mary II of England and her husband William III of England
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Overthrew King James II of England and became joint monarchs.
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Wrote the "Two Treatises of Civil Government"
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Ruled Prussia and greatly expanded their territory.
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Thought it was most important to create separate branches of government with equal but different powers so no one part of the government could overpower, and in order to establish that, he wrote the Spirit of Laws.
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King Louis XIV was the very first absolute monarch, ruling over France. Absolute Monarchy lasted until 1917 in Russia.
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Believed that people are born free and are corrupted by the government and wrote the "Candide" about his nephew who grew up in his castle and taught himself that the earth is the best world.
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Believed popular sovereignty was the best form of government, and wrote the "Social Contract".
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The last king of France during the french revolution
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The last king of France during the French Revolution.
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The people of France overthrew the monarchy and created their own government, run by the people.
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Crowned himself Emperor in Notre Dame Cathedral.
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French Renaissance painter famous for painting the "Liberty Leading the People" and "The Death of Sardanapalus"
