Semester Timeline Garber

  • Gutenberg Makes Printing Press
    1410

    Gutenberg Makes Printing Press

    He makes the printing press that helped spread ideas faster than writing by hand and can make in high quantities.
  • Prince Henry of Portugal's first Exploration
    1415

    Prince Henry of Portugal's first Exploration

    His first exploration to Madeira for sources of the caravans to get gold.
  • Christopher Columbus spots land
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus spots land

    He discovered the land and named it San Salvador.
  • Vasco Da Gama
    1497

    Vasco Da Gama

    sailed from Lisbon to reach India
  • Leonardo Paints The Last Supper
    1498

    Leonardo Paints The Last Supper

    He makes a religious painting.
  • Leonardo Makes Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo Makes Mona Lisa

    Italian paints picture of a woman
  • Michelangelo Sculpts David
    1504

    Michelangelo Sculpts David

    Italian sculpts a naked guy.
  • Erasmus Wrote "The Praise of Folly"
    1509

    Erasmus Wrote "The Praise of Folly"

    He wrote about merchants, philosophers, theologians, and monks.
  • Martin Luther Nails the 95 theses on Door
    1517

    Martin Luther Nails the 95 theses on Door

    He nailed the 95 Thesis to the church door to show his dislike.
  • Hernan Cortez
    1519

    Hernan Cortez

    He was elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland.
  • Magellan reaches the strait of Magellan
    Oct 21, 1520

    Magellan reaches the strait of Magellan

    After the events that has happened behind then they finally reaches the strait of Magellan with one less ship.
  • Francisco Pizzaro
    1524

    Francisco Pizzaro

    His first of three voyages for the conquest of Peru.
  • Henry VIII Becomes The Supreme Head of Church
    1534

    Henry VIII Becomes The Supreme Head of Church

    He makes the Anglican church and becomes head so he can give himself a divorce.
  • St. Ignatius de Loyola Creates Jesuits
    1534

    St. Ignatius de Loyola Creates Jesuits

    The society of Jesus had a goal to try to convert Muslims to Christians.
  • Jacques Carter
    1534

    Jacques Carter

    He believed to have traveled to brazil and newfoundland
  • Period: 1536 to 1538

    John Calvin Creates Cavinism

    He creates a religion that is different than Lutheranism and different than the Catholic church.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Developed the Heliocentric model.
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I Is the Queen of England

    The time she ruled was nicknamed Elizabethan Time thanks to all the stuff that was happening with William Shakespeare's plays, the battle with the Spanish armadas, and Drake's voyage
  • Period: 1577 to 1580

    Francis Drake

    he circumnavigation of the world in a single voyage
  • Period: to

    William Shakespeare Wrote Most of His Plays

    He wrote plays like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet during this time.
  • Miguel de Cervantes

    Miguel de Cervantes

    he wrote Don Quixote
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei

    Built the first telescope. study the moon and planets. believed the heliocentric model.
  • Period: to

    Thirty Year War

    The war caused Germany to split into many different countries. The war was between Catholics and Protestants.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    Proved the heliocentric theory correct. Laws of Planetary Motion.
  • Period: to

    Charles I

    He was unlike by most people in England. His rule led to the English civil war. His rule ended in execution.
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Studied blood circulation and the heart.
  • Period: to

    English Civil War

    parliament executed Charles I and exiled Charles II with the leading by Oliver Cromwell.
  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes

    Wrote Leviathan. Believed all humans were wicked. Gov't was created to protect people from themselves.
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell

    He was a military leader for the protestants in the English Civil War. He became a dictator after the war.
  • Charles II

    Charles II

    His rule restored monarchs back into England.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Proposed the law of gravitation, Explained the laws of motion, Created mathematical equation to solve motion.
  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great

    Credited to getting Russia out of the Medieval times. Modeled to western ideas
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    Wrote Two Treatises on Government. People had the right to life, liberty, and property.
  • Glorious revolution

    Glorious revolution

    William and Mary took place of James II without bloodshed. This lead to the bill of rights of 1689
  • Louis XIV

    Louis XIV

    The sun king made Versailles and got into many wars.
  • Baron de Montesquieu

    Baron de Montesquieu

    Wrote the Spirit of Laws. Said best form of government had separation of powers.
  • The French Revolution

    The French Revolution

    People stormed The Bastille
  • Voltaire

    Voltaire

    Wrote Candide. Believed in the separation of power and state.
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Wrote Social Contract. Only legitimate gov't rules with the consent of the people.
  • Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great

    Most known for his ability to win wars and gain teritory
  • Louis XVI

    Louis XVI

    He sent troops to gather around Paris. Had thousands of women demand to see him.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    Military leader during the french revolution. Became emperor by a vote
  • Eugene Delacroix

    Eugene Delacroix

    Painted Liberty, Leading the People