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Period: Feb 1, 1390 to
Age of Exploration
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is born
Prince Henry the Navigator is born. He will eventually start start his School of Navigation -
Jan 31, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
He moved the capital of China from Nanjing to Beijing. He also reopened the Grand Canal of China. -
Jan 31, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage.
Zheng He goes on his virst voyage. It lasts for about 2 years. -
Period: Dec 13, 1430 to
Renaisance and Reformation
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Dec 13, 1436
Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
The printing press made it easier to make multiple copies of books. It made books cheaper and more people will be able to read -
Dec 14, 1440
Donatello creates his David statue
David is the first nude male sculpture. David is made of bronze -
Jul 17, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
The Hundred Years' War finally ends since its start at 1337. I'm pretty sure that that was more than 100 years. -
Dec 14, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks. It will be renamed to Istanbul. -
Feb 6, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu Dias's crew almost goes on a mutiny. They gave him 3 days to get somewhere or they would turn around and go home. On the third day, they finally reached the Cape of Good Hope -
Jan 2, 1492
Ferdinand and Isabella end war with Muslims
This war has lasted for 10 years and is finally over. Now Ferdinand and Isabella have money to spare for Christopher Columbus to go on his voyage. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus spots land in North America
Rodrigo De Triana, a lookout on the Pinta, was the first to see land. He landed at the Indies -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain and Portugal agree to the Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain and Portugal agree to the Treaty of Tordesillas. This will decide which country can have what lands. -
Jan 31, 1497
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
Amerigo Vespucci goesdown the coast of the Americas and maps it. The map looks horrible, but for now that is all that they have. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama Lands in India
Vasco da Gama lands in India. He arrives in Calicut, India -
Period: Mar 28, 1500 to
Scientific Revolution
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Dec 13, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci starts the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci starts painting the Mona Lisa. This is one of the greatest paintings in history. -
Mar 22, 1504
Nicolaus Copernicus Begins Studying Planetary Movement
Nicolaus Copernicus will eventually discover the heliocentric theory. He will not publish his ideas until the end of his life because he doesn't want to persecuted by the Church. -
Dec 14, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is a cornerstone of high renaissance art. The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel. -
Dec 14, 1510
Raphael paints School of Athens
The School of Athens is one of Raphael's most famous paintings. The School of Athens depicts many important people in history. -
Dec 17, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
He made Rhe Prince as a treatise for a noble friend of his. It was published as a book in 1532, 5 years after his death. -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 Thesis
Martin Luther posted his 95 thesis on a church door. He started the reformation -
Jan 31, 1519
Hernando Cortez lands on Mexican coast
When they see the Aztecs they go into their city. They then conquer the Aztecs -
Period: Feb 28, 1530 to
Age of Absolute Monarchs
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Nov 16, 1532
Francisco Pizarro Meets Atahualpa
When they meet, Pizarro goes into his room with a horse. The horse is in Atahualpa's face and he doesn't move at all. -
Mar 4, 1533
Ivan the Terrible Assumes throne
Ivan the Terrible becomes King of Russia at age 3. His time on the throne is divided into 2 periods (his good period and bad period). -
Feb 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He was the first European to explore Canada. Then he claimed it for France -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
She was one of Henry VIII's many wives. He accused her of cheating and then executed her. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is Born
Edward VI became the King of England at the age of 9. He is pretty young to be King if you ask me. -
Dec 17, 1540
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
The Jesuits were a major component to the counter-reformation. He decided that the new order of priests would not be admitted into the structure of the catholic church. -
Mar 22, 1543
Johannes Kepler Mathematically Proves Copernicus and Brahe
The Church never accepted the ideas of Copernicus or Brahe so Kepler mathematically proved them right. -
Jul 19, 1553
Mary I becomes Queen
Mary I returned England to Catholicism. She was nicknamed Bloody Mary for all of her executions. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen
She used being single against other kings. She died of blood poisoning on March 24, 1603. -
Mar 6, 1560
Ivan the Terrible's bad period starts
After his wife dies he starts blaming people and arresting people for no reason. He gets so paranoid that he even kills his own son and only heir to the throne. -
Mar 4, 1581
Ivan the Terrible kills his son.
After killing who he thought was an intruder Ivan the Terrible reallizes that he has just killed his own son. Now he has no heir to the throne. -
English Navy Defeats Spanish Armada
The English defeat the Spanish at the Engish Channel. This marks the start for countries competing to be the top power in the world -
English East India Company is founded
The East India Company, originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, and often called the Honourable East India Company, was an English. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
The Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
He and his crew were aboard the Half-Moon. When he went on his second voyage he was never to be seen again -
William Shakespeare dies
William Shakespeare made many full length plays and hundreds of sonnets. He also made up words, and a lot of them. -
Thirty Years' War Begins
This war was between countries in Central Europe and The Hapsburgs. It was based on the triumphs and defeats of The Hapsburgs. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
The Duke of York arrives with a lot of ships. Without a single shot fired the people in New Netherlands surrendered -
English Civil war begins
The English Civil War is fought between Charles I and the Royalists and Oliver Cromwell and the puritans. It ends with the puritans capturing and executing Charles I. -
Louis XIV begins 72-year reign
During Louis XIV's reign he will build The Castle of Versailles. He will also make a lot of people angry -
La Salle claims Mississippi River for France
La Salle gets to the mouth of the Mississippi river. When he gets there he claims it all for France -
Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans execute English King
During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell leads the puritans and Charles I leads the royalists. The puritans capture Charles I and execute him. -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract in Leviathan
The social contract is an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits. -
Louis XIV begins 40-year building of the Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV has already been King of France for 18 years. Now he decides to build a palace. -
William of Orange becomes King of England
William of Orange leads his fleet to England. Then the king flees and William takes the throne without a fight. -
William and Mary sign the bill of rights
First, William and Mary go to England to overthrow James, then James flees and William and Mary take the throne. After that, William and Mary sign the bill of rights which gives people rights that can not be taken away. -
Peter the Great becomes sole Czar
When he becomes sole Czar he tries to get Russia away from the Feudalistic system. He also tries to westernize Russia. -
Peter the Great's "Great Embassy"
After Peter the Great becomes king he tries to westernze Europe. That is his great embassy. -
Gabriel Fahrenheit makes the first mercury-in-glass thermometer.
This will help people tell what the temperature. -
Maria Theresa inherits throne
Maria Theresa inherits the throne ofter Charles VI dies. -
Anders Celsius creates his scale for measuring temperature.
In his way of measuring temperature, 0 is freezing point of water and 100 is the boiling point of water. -
Baro von Montesquieu proposed separation of power in "On the Spirit of Laws."
The separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state (or who controls the state). -
Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
An Encyclopedia is a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically. -
Seven Years' War begins
The Seven Years' War was between France and Great Britain. France lost -
Frederick the Great starts Seven Years' War
Frederick the Great was the King of Prussia. The Seven Years' War was fought around the globe over various European territories. -
Catherine the Great puts down the serf Rebellion
This will make it easier for her to do things now that their is no rebellion. -
Boston Tea Party
This is important because it will annoy Britain and make it easier to get our independence. -
Joseph Priestly separates oxygen from water
This is important because it will lead to further investigations on this element and other elements in the air. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
This document declared independence from Britain. -
Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
This will end the American Revolution and give us independence. -
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign the Constitution
This is headed by George Washington to revise the articles of confederation. -
Mazart first performs Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Don Giovanni is based on the legends of Don Juan, a fictional libertine and seducer. -
First Slave Revolts in Hispaniola
Conflicts between white colonists and black slaves were common. A lot of slaves died -
Beethoven Dies
After creating 9 symphonies he is dead.
