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Apr 11, 1492
Columbus sails to Hispaniola
Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean while searching for the Indies. -
Mar 11, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
Hernando Cortez conquered the aztec city in mexico after the battle had errupted. -
Apr 11, 1543
Copernicus presents the Heliocentric Theory
Helocentic is when the sun is in the center of the universe. Earth and other planets are revolving around it. -
Apr 13, 1555
the National assembly forms
the third estate own assembly to pass and form laws in the name of the french people. -
Apr 13, 1560
Tennis court oath
after forming the national assembly the king locked the third estate out of their estates general meeting -
storming the bastille
paris citizens are afriad of the swiss troops gather weapons and storm the bastille for gunpowder. -
English Settled Jamestown
104 boys and men began a settlement on Virginia's james river. -
Louis XIV of France begins his reign
King Louis XIV "the sun king" began his reign in 1643 and was king for 72 years and 110 days. -
Ivan the terrible begins his reign
Ivan the terrible got his name from being so cruel. he even killed his oldest son -
Peter the Great of Russia begins his reign
Tsar Peter of Russia travelled to Europe to syudy technology such as shipbuilding -
Glorious Revolution in England
The Glorious Revolution replaced king james II, with his protestant daughter mary and her Dutch husband William. -
French Revolution Begins
In result of the French Revolution the absolute monarchy that has been ruling france for centries had collasped in three years. -
king louis XIV tries to flee
Louis was scared of what the assembly will do to him so he tried to leave to Austrian Netherlands -
Napolean Conquers most of Europe
he had the Napoleonic code had a major influence on the civil laws and went worldwide.
