Semester History Timeline

  • Prince Henry
    1415

    Prince Henry

    Captured Ceuta, the Moroccan city
  • Prince Henry
    1418

    Prince Henry

    He started the first school for oceanic navigation, named School of Navigation, at Sagres, Portugal
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    1440

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Invented moveable type mechanical press
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    “Discovers Americans”
  • Christopher Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Lands in San Salvador in the Bahamas
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    1498

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Painted The Last Supper
  • Vasco da Gama
    1498

    Vasco da Gama

    Was the first to navigate a route to the east and India
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Painted the Mona Lisa
  • 1504

    Michelangelo

    Sculpted the statue of David
  • 1509

    Desiderius Erasmus

    Wrote "The Praise of Folly"
  • Michelangelo
    1512

    Michelangelo

    Painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
  • Martin Luther
    1517

    Martin Luther

    Nailed 95 theses on the catholic church's door
  • Hernan Cortes
    1520

    Hernan Cortes

    Rebellion of Aztecs against Spanish
  • 1521

    The Diet of Worms

    Martin Luther made an appearance at the meeting of Diet of Worms where he refused to recant
  • 1521

    Hernan Cortes

    Defeated the Aztecs
  • Martin Luther
    1522

    Martin Luther

    Translated the Old Testament in German while in exile
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1522

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Circumnavigated the globe for the first time
  • 1533

    Henry XIII

    King Henry broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1533

    Francisco Pizarro

    Conquered the Incas
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Aug 29, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro

    Killed Incan Emperor
  • Henry VIII
    1534

    Henry VIII

    Started the Anglican church
  • St. Ignatius de Loyola
    1534

    St. Ignatius de Loyola

    Founded The Jesuits
  • Jacques Cartier
    1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Claimed Canada for France
  • John Calvin
    1536

    John Calvin

    Published "Institutio Christianae Religionis"
  • 1540

    St. Ignatius de Loyola

    Was recognized by Pope Paul III
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Discovered the heliocentric theory
  • John Calvin
    1559

    John Calvin

    Established Collège de Genève
  • Council of Trent
    1563

    Council of Trent

    Church leaders met to clearly define doctrines 3 times starting in 1545
  • Francis Drake
    1580

    Francis Drake

    Circumnavigated the globe for the second time
  • Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I

    Made the Anglican Church the official state church
  • Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I

    Was victorious against the Spanish Armada
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    Wrote "Romeo and Juliet"
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    Wrote "Hamlet"
  • Miguel de Cervantes

    Miguel de Cervantes

    Wrote "Don Quixote"
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    Wrote "Macbeth"
  • Johannes Kepler

    Published Laws of Planetary Motion
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei

    Invented a new telescope to study the moon and stars
  • Thirty Years War

    Support of Lutheranism leads to war
  • Louis XIV

    Louis XIV

    Built the Palace of Versailles
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Published "Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood of Animals"
  • Charles I

    Charles I

    Parliament passed laws limiting King’s power
  • Charles I

    Charles I

    Leads troops to arrest Parliament
  • English Civil War

    English Civil War

    Started
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell

    Was found by Puritans to fight for them
  • Thirty Years War

    The Peace of Augsburg ended the war
  • English Civil War

    Puritans win war
  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes

    Wrote "Leviathan"
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Became dictator of England
  • Charles II

    Charles II

    He becomes King of England which is known the Restoration
  • Charles II

    Charles II

    Parliament passes Habeas Corpus Act
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Published "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

    William of Orange led his army to London against King James II causing him to flee
  • William and Mary

    William and Mary

    William and Mary were crowned after James II fled
  • William and Mary

    William and Mary

    Parliament drafted a Bill of Rights, which William and Mary consented to
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    Wrote "Two Treatises On Government"
  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great

    Made a trip to the West
  • Peter the Great

    Formed Russia's first standing army
  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great

    Founded the city of St Petersburg
  • Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great

    Became King of Prussia
  • Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great

    Most know battles were the Battle of Hohenfriedberg
  • Baron de Montesquieu

    Baron de Montesquieu

    Wrote "Spirit of Laws"
  • Voltaire

    Voltaire

    Wrote "Candide"
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Wrote "Social Contract"
  • Louis XVI

    Louis XVI

    Called for an Estates General in 1789
  • Storming of Bastille

    Storming of Bastille

    People stormed the Bastille
  • Great Fear

    Peasants were afraid of being attacked by King's troops
  • Louis XVI

    Louis XVI

    He tried to sneak out of Paris with his family but was caught
  • End of French Monarchy

    End of French Monarchy

    Radicals take over french government after the execution of Louis XVI
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    Started by Robespierre when he and his supporters executed anyone who seemed to be a threat to the revolution
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon takes control over french government as dictator
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon became Emperor
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena island
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

    Napoleon and his army were completely defeated
  • Eugene Delacroix

    Eugene Delacroix

    Painted "Liberty Leading The People"