Semester Timeline Bitsko

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  • Period: 1434 to 1449

    Prince Henry of Portugal helps in discovering Western Africa

  • 1492

    Columbus landed in the Bahamas

    He called this San Salvador
  • 1493

    Johann Gutenburg invents the printing press

  • 1497

    Gama traveled around India

  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa

  • 1508

    Copernicus started the heliocentric solar system model

  • 1512

    Michaelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel

  • 1513

    Pizarro discovered the Pacific Ocean

  • 1517

    Luther nails 95 Theses on his churches doors

  • 1519

    Magellan set sail to circumference the globe

  • 1519

    Cortex traveled to Mexico

  • 1534

    King Henry VIII formed Anglican Church

  • 1534

    Society of Jesus was founded by St. Ignatius of Layola

  • 1534

    Cartier discovered the St. Lawrence River

  • 1555

    Peace of Ausburg

    Peace came between the religious during this time, Lutheranism or the Roman Catholics

  • Elizabeth I's explorers beat Spanish Armada

  • Miguel de Cervantes published Don Quixote

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    Galileo makes telescope and learns the planets revolve around the sun

  • Louis XIII becomes king

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    30 Years War

    European war over religion

  • Charles I becomes king of England

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    English Civil War

    King Charles supporters and non supporters fought

  • Louis XIV becomes king of France

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    Cromwell ruled the Puritans

    In this time, his army started defeating the Cavilers

  • Peace of Westphalia

    Marks the end of the 30 Years War

  • Charles I was beheaded

  • Hobbes wrote the Leviathan

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    Charles II reigns, starting the Reformation

  • Peter the Great becomes king of Russia

  • Charles II died and James II becomes king

  • Newton publishes his laws in a book for the public

  • William and Mary replaced James II on the throne

  • Locke wrote Two Treatises on Government

  • Frederick the Great becomes king of Prussia

  • Montesquieu writes the Spirit of Laws

  • Voltaire writes Candide

  • Rousseau wrote the Social Contract

  • Louis XVI called meeting of the Estates General

    Third group formed the National Assembly

  • Reign of Terror

    Louis VXI was executed

  • Napoleon becomes emporer