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Period: 1415 to 1460
Prince Henry of Portugal
Founded Voyages -
1440
Johannes Gutenberg
Printing Press -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed to the Americas -
Period: 1497 to 1504
Amerigo Vespucci
Crosses the Atlantic several times between this timespan -
1498
Vasco da Gama
Lands in India -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa -
1504
Michelangelo
Sculpture of David -
1509
Desiderius Erasmus
Praise of Folly -
1517
Martin Luther
95 Theses nailed onto the door of his church -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigated the globe -
1521
Martin Luther
Refusal at the diet of Worms -
1521
Hernan Cortez
Invades Mexico -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
Defeats the Incans -
1534
Henry VIII
Breaking the bonds with the catholic church -
1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Foundation of the Jesuits -
Period: 1534 to 1542
Jacques Cartier
Sails from this timespan -
1536
John Calvin
Wrote the Institutes -
1540
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Jesuits recognized -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Published his heliocentric model -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Council of Trent
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1558
Elizabeth I
Anglican made the official Church -
1562
Huguenots Civil Wars
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Francis Drake
Conquers the Spanish Armada with Queen Elizabeth -
Period: to
William Shakespear
he wrote the most during -
King Henry IV Edict of Nates
grants the Huguenots Religious freedom -
Miguel Cervantes
Wrote Don Quixote -
Johannes Kepler
Published his first two planetary laws -
Galileo Galilei
First telescope -
Period: to
30 Years War
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Johannes Kepler
Published his third planetary law -
William Harvey
Publish his findings -
Period: to
Charles I
Years ruled, ended when he was beheaded -
Charles I
Tried to arrest parliament -
Period: to
English Civil War
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Oliver Cromwell
Years ruled -
Period: to
Charles II
How long he ruled
Restoration happened when he took the throne -
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote Leviathan -
Period: to
Louis XIV
He ruled from in between this timespan -
Issac Newton
Laws of Motion -
Louis XIV
Versailles was finished -
Period: to
Peter the Great
Years ruled -
William and Mary
Took over the throne and established the Glorious Revolution -
John Locke
Wrote Two Treatises on Government -
Period: to
Fredrick the Great
Years ruled -
Baron de Montesquieu
Wrote the Spirit of Laws -
Voltaire
Wrote Candide -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Wrote the Social Contract -
Storming the Bastille
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Tennis Court Oath
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Declaration of Rights of Man
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Constitution of 1791
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Louis XIV
Beheading -
Regin of Terror
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Constitution of 1795
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Coup de Etat -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon crowned emperor -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Russian Defeat -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo -
Napoleon Bonaparte
First Exile -
Eugene Delacroix
Made Liberty Leading the People