Renassance and Reformation

  • Period: Mar 22, 1300 to

    Chapter 22

  • Period: Dec 13, 1350 to

    Chapter 17

  • Period: Jan 29, 1392 to

    World History

  • Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
    Mar 4, 1394

    Prince Henry of Portugal is Born

    He was the 3rd son of King John 1. He was 66 when he died.
  • Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
    Jan 29, 1402

    Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor

    He was a big influence on the Ming Empire.
  • Zheng He captains his first voyage
    Jan 31, 1405

    Zheng He captains his first voyage

    On this voyage they discovered a lot of different land and it was very significant.
  • Donatello creates his David statue
    Dec 13, 1408

    Donatello creates his David statue

    The height of the statue is 191 cm. He also made a bronze statue of David.
  • Edward VI was born.
    Apr 28, 1442

    Edward VI was born.

    He died in 1483
  • Period: Feb 28, 1450 to

    World History

  • Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
    Apr 6, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Turks

    After the fall of Constantinople it marked the end of the Roman empire. That empire lasted 1,500 years.
  • The Hundred Years' War Ends
    Dec 14, 1453

    The Hundred Years' War Ends

    Many different countries were involved. The war resulted in a French victory.
  • Ferdinnand & Isabella end war with Muslims
    Jan 31, 1482

    Ferdinnand & Isabella end war with Muslims

    This was a significant event because is ended Islamic power.
  • B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
    May 3, 1488

    B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope

    King John the 2 of Portugal appointed him to go on this voyage to find a trade route to India around the southern tip of Africa.
  • C. Columbus spots land in North America
    Jan 31, 1492

    C. Columbus spots land in North America

    This is obviously an important event because he found land that is today North America.
  • Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
    Dec 13, 1493

    Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press

    The printing press used an oil based ink and a wooden base. The wood rotted very quickly so was soon improved
  • Spain and Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jun 7, 1494

    Spain and Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas

    The goal was to settle dissagreements between new unsettled land that Christopher Columbus had found.
  • Vasco da Gama lands in India
    May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama lands in India

    He reached the India sspice route helping Porugeess very much.
  • Leonardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa
    Dec 13, 1503

    Leonardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo never actually finished his Mona Lisa painting. He kept messing with it until he died
  • Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
    Jan 31, 1507

    Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast

    He made an accurate map of South America.
  • Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
    Dec 13, 1508

    Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    The ceiling is about 131 feet long and 43 feet wide. Overall he painted 5,000 square feet of ceiling.
  • Raphael paints School of Athens
    Dec 14, 1509

    Raphael paints School of Athens

    Most Greek philosophers are found within the painting.Plato and Aristotle are at the main vanishing point of the painting.
  • Machiavelli writes The Prince
    Dec 14, 1513

    Machiavelli writes The Prince

    It was written in Vernacular not Latin. They didn't print the Prince until 1532.
  • Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses

    He wrote it on the same day he posted it. The date it was posted it All Satints Day.
  • Nicholaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement
    Mar 27, 1518

    Nicholaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement

    This is very relavent to today because without his interest in the movement of the plantes in the universe many people today might be very clueless.
  • H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
    Jan 31, 1519

    H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast

    It was important to him because he met the lady that would have his baby there.
  • F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
    Jan 31, 1532

    F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa

    This was important because when they would meet again he would die.
  • Ivan the Terrible assumes throne
    Mar 1, 1533

    Ivan the Terrible assumes throne

    He was three years old when he assumed his position at the throne. He was named Ivan the Terrible bacause as he grew older he got more bitter and crabby.
  • Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
    Jan 31, 1534

    Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada

    This was important to the French because he was claiming this land for France.
  • Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order.
    Dec 17, 1534

    Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order.

    He was a Spanish soldier. He was educated.
  • Anne Boleyn is executed.
    May 17, 1536

    Anne Boleyn is executed.

    She was Henry's 2nd wife.
  • Edward VI is born.
    Oct 12, 1537

    Edward VI is born.

    He died July 6th 1553.
  • Mary I becomes Queen
    Dec 17, 1554

    Mary I becomes Queen

    She died november 1558. She is Bloody Mary.
  • Elizabeth I becomes Queen
    Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen

    She died the 24th of March 1603.
  • King Henry II of France died
    Feb 28, 1559

    King Henry II of France died

    He had four sons. Three of them ruled, one after the other, but all proved incompetent. The real power behind the throne was their mother.
  • Czar Ivan the Terrible kills his son and heir
    Mar 1, 1581

    Czar Ivan the Terrible kills his son and heir

    Ivan started beating his current wife who was pregnant. Ivan's son started arguing with him saying it was wrong. In return Ivan beat his son and put him in a coma for several days before dying.
  • English Navy defeats Spanish Armada

    English Navy defeats Spanish Armada

    Philip of Spain sent many sleets of ships to take down the Spanish Armada. The one of 1588 was the most impacful.
  • Prince Henry inherited the throne

    Prince Henry inherited the throne

    When both Catherine and her last son died, Prince Henry inherited the throne.
  • Johannes Kepler mathematically proves Copernicus and Brahe

    Johannes Kepler mathematically proves Copernicus and Brahe

    These 3 mens ideas about the universe and its laws are very important to us today because without it we would not have a very good idea on how everything works.
  • English East India Company

    English East India Company

    It created a great trade system. It helped to create a good government and establish a good structure to living.
  • Dutch East India Company is founded

    Dutch East India Company is founded

    It put almost a million Europeans to work. It really helped to create a government system. It allowed for prisonary punishment, coins and money, allowed to wage on war.
  • Henry Hudson is last seen

    Henry Hudson is last seen

    He was last seen on the souther end of the Hudson Bay. His crew mutinied him and put him on a boat to die.
  • William Shakespeare dies

    William Shakespeare dies

    He was an English poet and playwriter. He was born in 1564.
  • Thirty Years' War begins

    Thirty Years' War begins

    This war was between most European countries. It is considered one of the longest battles of Europe and one of the longest wars in modern history.
  • James the 1st died

    James the 1st died

    He died of a stroke.
  • Galileo published his many findings in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

    Galileo published his many findings in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

    There were many ideas that he published in this book but one of the ones that affects us today is that the earth moves. Without this idea we might still be thinking that everything revolves around the earth.
  • Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse on Method

    Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse on Method

    Without this being published we may not realize today that everything we do and think about doing is based around the scientific method,
  • Louis XIV becomes Kings

    Louis XIV becomes Kings

    He became king at the age of 4. He ruled for 72 years. He had his corination at the age of 15.
  • English King is executed

    English King is executed

    Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans executed him.
  • Cardinal Mazarin died

    Cardinal Mazarin died

    Louis took control of the government himself after Mazarin died.
  • New Netherlands becomes New York

    New Netherlands becomes New York

    This is important because New York is obviously an important part of our lives today.
  • La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain

    La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain

    This was important because Spain now owned the Mississippi River.
  • Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

    Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

    This is very important information that was published because it proves why moving things on the earth move how they do.
  • William of Orange becomes king

    William of Orange becomes king

    William of Orange married his first cousin Mary. They were very significant to modern day parliment because of them agreeing to the bill of rights.
  • William and Mary consented the Bill of RIghts

    William and Mary consented the Bill of RIghts

    This is an act of the English Parliment. They decided to agree to this Bill of Rights because they wanted to greant certain rights to english citizens.
  • Peter the Great became sole ruler

    Peter the Great became sole ruler

    He began to heavily infulence his advisors.
  • Peter the Great embarked on the "Grand Embassy"

    Peter the Great embarked on the "Grand Embassy"

    A visiting Western Europe on his "grand Embassy" he realized how much he loved it and wanted his home country of Europe to be like western europe.
  • Peter the Great orders St. Petersburg to be built

    Peter the Great orders St. Petersburg to be built

    He was very demanding about what exactly he wanted done.
  • Voltaire is exiled to England

    Voltaire is exiled to England

    The reason he got exiled from France was because he wrote bad things against France. He affected writings of plays by making things less traditional. This affects our way of play writing today.
  • Maria Theresa inherits throne

    Maria Theresa inherits throne

    Her husband died so she inherited the throne.
  • Henry Fielding writes the novel Tom Jones

    Henry Fielding writes the novel Tom Jones

    This affects modern day writing very greatly, Without Henry's work writing would probably not be as advanced and diverse as it is today.
  • Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia

    Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia

    This obviously affects people today very greatly because without his publishings we may not even have an encyclopedia today.
  • Seven Years' War begins

    Seven Years' War begins

    It involved many powerul countries.
  • Frederick the Great starts Seven Years War

    Frederick the Great starts Seven Years War

    This war involved Europe, North America, Central America, West African coast, India, and the Philippines. Some 900,000 to 1,400,000 people.
  • Mary Wollstonecraft is born

    Mary Wollstonecraft is born

    Mary was a very good writer and that is mostly why she is famous. She greatly affect our way of writing and thinking today.
  • Cesare Baccaria writes against torture in On Crimes and Punishment

    Cesare Baccaria writes against torture in On Crimes and Punishment

    Baccaria published in this book some of the first agruments against the death penalty. Without this being published todays way of punishment may still be as harsh as it was back then,
  • The start of the Partition of Poland

    The start of the Partition of Poland

    There was a set of four partitions and they all greatly affected Poland. I think without these 4 events Poland would be greatly different today.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party gave people the courage to stand up for what was right and it led to war for independence.
  • The Declaration of Independence was signed

    The Declaration of Independence was signed

    This is a very important event in history because it officially declared our independence against Britain. Without this event in history the U.S may not have been a free country today.
  • Delegates at the Constitution Convention sign the Constitution

    Delegates at the Constitution Convention sign the Constitution

    There were 55 delegates at the meeting and only 39 people actually signed the constitution. This event was very important because without those signatures our government would not be even close to where it is today.
  • FIrst Slave revolts in Hispaniola

    FIrst Slave revolts in Hispaniola

    This was the start of a chain reaction for all slaves to revolt against slavery.
  • Beethoven Dies

    Beethoven Dies

    Beethoven really affected all generations because without his bold work music would be nowhere near where is is today,