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Oct 31, 1415
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic
Was one of the dissenters before Luther. -
Nov 2, 1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
This spread religion beliefs. -
Period: Oct 31, 1440 to
Slaves were shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the americas
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Oct 31, 1453
The ottomans cionquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul
THey named it Istanbul to show that the city was now theirs. -
Oct 31, 1453
Prince Henry founded the school navigation
This made every one his country better navigators. -
Period: Nov 2, 1497 to Nov 2, 1499
Vasco de Gama established trade with India for the Portuguese
Vasco da Gama opened the sea route to India in 1497-99 -
Oct 31, 1498
Vasco De Gama's first voyage was sponsered by Portugual to sail west to reach Asia
Sponsored by King Henry -
Nov 2, 1498
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper
Leonardo was commissioned to execute the painting. -
Oct 31, 1511
Erasumus wrote the praise of Folly
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Nov 2, 1517
Luther wrote the 95 thesis
He did not believe in the selling of indulgences. -
Oct 31, 1519
Magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world
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Nov 2, 1519
Cortez the conquistador and his forces conquered the Aztec Empire
They added a new economy system. -
Nov 2, 1524
Jacques Cartier explored the St.Lawerence River and Montreal leading the French claim to Canada
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Nov 2, 1529
King Henry broke from the Catholic Church in Rome and divorced his wife
Did this because his wife would not birth a son -
Oct 31, 1532
Pizzaro conquered the Incas
Conquered south america for the spanish -
Nov 2, 1536
Calvin beliefs established the idea of predestantion
These beliefs start calvinism in later years -
Oct 31, 1543
Copernicus created the heliocentric theory
Dissenter before him was put in jail for the same theory -
Oct 31, 1545
Followers of Martin Luther met at the Roman Catholic Church
Thus lutherisim begins -
Oct 31, 1558
Queen Elizabeth became the head of the anglican church
Does not have any childern or husband to reign her throne -
Sir Francis Drake defeated the spanish armada
HE is an englishmen and he navigates around the world -
William Harvey studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system
The beginning of advanced medicial programs -
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion
Proves previous scientists theories wrong -
Galileo used his telescope to prove the heliocentric theory
Huge techonology for astorology. -
The thirty years war was fought in france
King Louis XIV takes over -
Oliver Cromwelll wins the English civil war and exrcutes Charles I
First person to ever excecute a king off his throne -
King Louis XIV builds the Palace of Versailles
Spend many years doing this, and taxes to get money. -
King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes
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william and mary rule england after the glorious revolution
Th less bloody revolution of them all -
John Locke wrote the two treatises of government
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Peter the great westernized Russia
When he came back from his four month trip in disguise. -
Montesquieu wrote the spirit of the laws
Came from France. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract
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