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Period: 1095 to 1291
The Crusades
Series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans -
1096
Battle of Civetot
The Battle of Civetot in 1096 brought an end to the peoples crusade.
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Jun 3, 1098
The First Crusaders capture Antioch
After an 8-month siege the first crusaders capture Antioch.
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Jul 10, 1099
Siege towers are built by the First Crusaders
The crusaders build siege towers to better attack Jerusalem.
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Jul 15, 1099
Jerusalem is captured during the First Crusade.
Christian Knights captured capture Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege.
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Jul 4, 1187
Saladin defeats the Franks army at the Battle of Hattin
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Period: 1347 to 1353
The Black Death
Severe epidemic of plague. Bubonic plague that occurred in Asia and Europe in the 14th century -
1348
Plague arrives in England.
Black Death spread to England in 1348. It came to a city name Bristol in England, a famous European port.
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Jan 1, 1349
3,000 Jews killed in black death riots
3000 Jews are killed in Erfurt, Germany as many people believed they were the cause of the plague.
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Jun 15, 1381
Peasant's Revolt
A revolt started by Wat Tyler. Peasants were fed up with the shortage of workers due to the black death.
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Period: 1400 to 1495
Early Renaissance
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Period: 1400 to
The Age of Exploration
The age of exploration was a period where Europeans traveled the rest of the world hoping to find some goods, raw materials, land, and trade partners. -
1419
Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral.
The dome design was finished in 1419, designed by Brunelleschi.
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1434
The Medici family becomes the head of the city-state of Florence.
Giovanni de Medici first brought the family to prominence in Florence by starting the Medici bank. The Medici family ruled Florence for the next 200 years until 1737.
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1450
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg is usually cited as the inventor of the printing press. Indeed, the German goldsmith's 15th-century contribution to the technology was revolutionary.
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1450
Social effects of bubonic plague
Many people blamed Jews and believed that Jewish people poisoned the water supply, causing the spread of the plague. Religious groups, such as priests, lost a high percentage of lives because they worked caring for the afflicted, and became victims of the disease.
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1455
Gutenburgs Bible
The Gutenberg Bible was printed in Mainz in 1455 by Johann Gutenberg and his associates, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer. Only 48 copies are known to have survived, of which 12 are printed on vellum and 36 on paper. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sails to the America's
Christopher Columbus starts his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. He left Spain with 90 crew members and 3 ships. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean Islands.
On October 12, the ships made landfall—not in the East Indies, as Columbus assumed, but on one of the Bahamian islands.
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1495
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper.
The last Supper was painted by Leonardo da Vinci probably between 1495 and 1498.
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Period: 1495 to 1520
High Renaissance
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Jul 8, 1497
Vasco de Gama sails around Africa
He was the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
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Jan 1, 1500
Spanish Settlers and Missionaries
Spanish settlers and missionaries followed the conquistadors to Spain's new empire. Wherever they went, they established colonies, claiming the land, -
Sep 13, 1501
Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David.
He began carving the statue early in the morning on 13 September, a month after he was awarded the contract. He would work on the massive statue for more than two years.
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1503
Da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
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Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
It was a religious reform that resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism. -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan begins his voyage around the world.
Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. Three years later only one ship, the Victoria , made it back to Spain after circumnavigating the world.
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Period: 1520 to
Late Renaissance
When the late renaissance began to transition to Baroque. It continued development of science and humanism. -
Aug 13, 1521
Hernan Cortes Conqueres the Aztecs
In 1521, Cortes and his Indian allies captured and demolished Tenochtitlan. Many historical events that took place in another country would have conquered the Aztecs instead. -
May 6, 1527
Rome is sacked by the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
The Sack of Rome occurred amid the Italian Wars which saw French, Spanish and Imperial armies
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Period: 1543 to
The Scientific Revolution
One of the biggest parts of the scientific revolution is actually the understanding on how things work. Like how you view things ans the reasoning. -
Sep 25, 1555
The Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg ended the religious struggle between the two groups and made the legal division of Christianity permanent within the Holy Roman Empire.
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1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.
Elizabeth succeeded to the throne on her half-sister's death in November 1558. She was very well-educated (fluent in five languages), and had inherited intelligence, determination and shrewdness from both parents
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Triangular Trade
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Galileo made the refracting telescope
A refracting telescope (also called a refractor) is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image
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Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter.
On January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered, using a homemade telescope, four moons orbiting the planet Jupiter.
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Blaise Pascal invents the adding machine.
The Pascaline was designed and built by the French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal between 1642 and 1644.
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Thomas Bartholin discovers the human lymphatic system.
A lymphatic collection strain that had been observed in dogs by Jean Pecquet several years earlier. During this time, Bartholin intensively researched the lymphatic vessels and their relationship to the blood vessels.
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Robert Hooke uses a microscope to observe the cellular basis of life.
The invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell by Hooke. He also used his microscope to study the ancient cells in fossilized wood.
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Isaac Newton discovers that light is made up of all of the colors of the rainbow
Light that makes up all of the colors of the rainbow and are refracted by different amounts in a glass prism.
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Ole Christensen Roemer measures the speed of light for the first time.
Roemer measured the speed of light by timing eclipses of Jupiter's moon Io.
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/cosmic-horizons-book/ole-roemer-speed-of-light
