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Jan 1, 1254
marco polo
his mother died sometime during his childhood and he was raised by an aunt and uncle. they were very rich and he learned many important things while being raised -
Jan 1, 1274
marco polo
marcos journey took 3 years but he finally got to china -
Jan 1, 1400
prince henery travel
henery sent many sailing expeditions down africas west coast, but never went on those trips -
Jan 1, 1415
prince henrey
he encouraged his father to conquer ceuta -
Jan 1, 1476
christopher columbus
his first voyage into the alantic ocean and it almost costed him his life -
Jan 1, 1484
martin luther
his family moved to nearby mansfeld -
Jan 1, 1490
ferdinand magellan
he became on orphan when he was just ten years old -
Jan 1, 1491
Nicolaus copernicus
he entered the university of cracow -
Jan 1, 1492
christopher columbus
columbus left spain in the santa maria, with the pinta and the nina along side. he has been creadited for opening up the americans to european colonization -
Jan 1, 1494
Nicolaus Copernicus
he graduated cracow -
Jan 1, 1497
vasco da gama
vasco da gama sailed to lisbon -
Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 1, 1499
vasco da gama
he was the first european to reach india by sea on his first voyage -
Jan 1, 1499
herman cortes
he was sent away to get a higher education -
Jan 1, 1501
martin luther
martin luther entered the university of erfurt -
Jan 1, 1504
herman cortes
herman decided to sail to the new world and make a life for himself there. he sailed to what is now haiti -
Jan 1, 1520
ferdinand magellan
while on his journey he saw many new site. he was the first european to spot a magellan penguin -
Jan 1, 1521
St. ignatius loyola
he was gravely wounded in a battle with the french -
Jan 1, 1536
john calvin
he published the landmark text institutes of the christian religion -
Jan 1, 1538
John calvin
calvin lived in geneva for a while until anit protestant authorities forced him to leave he was invited back in 1541 -
Jun 26, 1541
francisco pizarro
he was assassinated in lima peru -
Jan 1, 1566
tycho brahe
fought a fellow student in a duel over who was a better mathematician -
Jan 1, 1575
johannes kepler
seriously ill with the smallpox -
Jan 1, 1577
jonannes kepler
witnessed a comet in 1577 -
Jan 1, 1581
galileo galili
he statred studying medicne, and by an observation of a chandelir he somewhat was informed about the heart -
francis bacon
was when he was knighted because of his political fortunes -
Rene Decartes
he was sent to the jesuit college at la fleche -
Rene descartes
participated in an imposing ceremony in which the heart of henery IV was placed in the cathedral at la fleche -
Isaac newton
the great plague had come to cambridge and the university was forced to shut down so newton went home and resumed his private study -
robert boyel discovery
robert found that the volume of gas varies inversely with the pressure -
issac newton
he receivied his master of arts degree -
St. Ignatius Loyola
his feastday