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Apr 8, 1492
Colombus sails to the americas
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm Columbus set sail in search of the western passage to India, in order to increase the speed with which Europe could trade with Asia. -
Jan 8, 1502
Atlantic Slave Trade
It was the buying, selling, and transporting of Africans for work in the Americas. -
Apr 16, 1521
Cortez Conquers the Aztecs
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_I/hernandoc_bf.html He killed many Aztecs He wanted to gain more power and find gold to become rich. -
Jul 16, 1543
Copernicus introduces heliocentric theory
academic.emporia.edu/abersusa/students/denning/hel.htm He said that the sun was in the center of the universe motionless with all other planets revolving around it -
English settle in jamestown
http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement.htm it was the first permanent English settlement in the United States. It was the capital of the colony for 83 years from 1616 until 1699. -
Louis XIV begins his reign
http://www2.stetson.edu/~psteeves/classes/louisxiv.html Louis began his rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. -
Peter The Great of Russia begins his reign
Ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from May 7th 1682 until his death, he made the empire increase in size greatly. -
Glorious revolution in England
The Glorious Revolution is the name of the overthrow of King James II of England. William of Orange became king eventully. -
Invention of the guillotine
The guillotine was used to chop peopoles heads off. it was consitered a humane way to kill someone because they felt no pain. -
Storming of Bastille
During the French revolution the 3rd estate killed everyone in sight. They then forced the sighning of the tennis court oath. -
French revolution begins
The 3rd estate wanted more equality so they stormed the Bastille and forced the 1st estate to sign the tennis court oath for more equal rights. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate. -
Napoleon conquers most of Europe
He was very smart with military plans. He was exiled but came back and ruled again. he eventully lost a battke ad was exiled and died of stomach cancer.
