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Discovery and colonization of Azura Island by Prince Henry the Navigator.
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Johannes Gutenberg creates the printer, which were used to spread the ideas of the Renaissance.
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Columbus discovered North America
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Vasco da Gama traveled to India and around Africa and back
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The Last Supper was painted by the infamous Leonardo Da Vinci
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John Calvin begins the branch, "Calvinism".
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The begininng of the Anglican Church that started from King Henry the VIII.
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Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
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Desidirius Erasmus writes, "The Praise of Folly".
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Michelangelo paints the Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel.
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Martin Luther begins Protestent Reformation, nailed the 95 Theses on a church door.
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Ferdinand Magellan's Crew were the first people to cross the Pacific Ocean
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Hernan Cortez defeats the Aztecs.
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The Book, "The Prince", was created by Machiavelli.
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Francisco Pizzaro conquers the Incan empire.
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St. Ignatious Loyola founds the Society of Jesus.
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Jacques Cartier sails through the St. Lawrence river.
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Copernicus creates Heliocentric Model.
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Andreas Vesalius published De Humani Corporis Fabrica
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Queen Elizabeth came into power
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Thomas Hobbes lived (Leviathan) all people were evil
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Sir Francis Drake defended England against the French.
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Famous Play created by Shakespeare.
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Laws of Planetary Motion published by Kepler.
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Galileo creates the Telescope.
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Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum
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Charles I ruled the 3 kingdoms till his execution
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William Harvey published Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis
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John Locke lived (2 treatises on Government) and life liberty and property
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Oliver Cromwell reigns England.
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Charles II was king of England, Scotland, Ireland until his death
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William of Orange marches troops into England and overthrow the king
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William and Mary rule over England
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Peter the great attempted to make Russia a Great nation.
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Louis XIV moved the court to the palace of Versailles
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Isaac Newton publishes his laws on Motion, Calculus, and Gravity.
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James II goes to France in Exile.
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English Bill Of Rights written.
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William and Mary reign the throne.
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Baron de Montesquieu lives (spirit of laws) - checks and balances
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Voltaire lives and writes many enlightened books (Candide)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived (social contract)
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War of Austrian Succession, Frederick the great fought Austria to gain more land
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The reign of Frederick the Great, a man that is known as a great taction.
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Estates General occurs
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People storm the Bastille
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Marks the beginning of the Great Fear
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National Assembly completes the new Constitution.
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Louis XVI tries to sneak out of Paris being the coward he is.
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Robespierre starts Reign of terror with execution of Louis XVI
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Parliament beheads Louis XVI
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Robespierre dies, ending Reign of Terror
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Moderates regain control, write the Constitution of 1795
