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Period: 1400 to
European Exploration
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1436
Prince Henry the Navigator reached Rio de Oro on the Western African coast.
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1440
Johannes Gutenberg makes the printing press that helps the spread of ideas in the renaissance and reformation
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Period: 1450 to
The European Renaissance
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1492
Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to present day Bahamas.
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1498
Last Supper was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, one of the greatest influencers and minds of the Italians Renaissance.
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1498
Vasco Da Gama sailed around Africa to India
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1501
Michelangelo makes the statue of David
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1503
Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.
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1509
Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly, criticizing the church, influencing the humanistic movement.
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1517
Martin Luther nails the 95 Theses to the front of a church door, marking the beginning of the Renaissance.
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Period: 1517 to 1559
Protestant Reformation
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan started his voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
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1521
Martin Luther was excommunicated from the church.
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1521
Hernan Cortés and his men conquered the Aztecs.
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1532
Francisco Pizarro went with a small army into South America, and conquered the Incan Empire.
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1534
King Henry VIII separated from the Catholic Church and made the Church of England.
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1534
Jacques Cartier was sent by the king to North America where he explored the St. Lawrence River.
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1536
John Calvin moved to Switzerland, where his ideas on religion helped start a theocracy.
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1540
Saint Ignatius de Loyola founded the Jesuits, a society whose main mission was to help others find God in all things.
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Period: 1540 to
Scientific Revolution
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1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed the Heliocentric theory.
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1543
Andreas Vesalius published "De Humani Corporis Fabrica"
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1559
Queen Elizabeth I became the Monarch of England, during her reign she made the Anglican Church the official state church.
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1581
Sir Francis Drake was Knighted for being the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
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Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada.
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Thomas Hobbes lived writing "The Leviathan" and believing that all people were naturally evil.
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Romeo and Juliet is published by William Shakespeare, one of the greatest playwrights and poets of the renaissance.
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Johannes Kepler establishes “Kepler’s law of planetary motion”.
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Galileo invented the telescope
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Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter’s 4 moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto)
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William Harvey announced his discovery of the circulation of blood within the body
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Thirty Year War, War between Protestant and Catholic states
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Francis Bacon published "Novum Organum"
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Charles I ruled the three 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 and wrote "Two Treatises on Government". He introduced Natural Rights (Life, Liberty, and Property).
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English Civil War
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Absolute Monarchs
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Louis XIV’s reign
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Oliver Cromwell’s Reign
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Charles II was king of England, Scotland, Ireland until his death
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Peter the great attempted to make Russia a Great nation
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Peter the great’s reign
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Louis XIV moved the court to the palace of Versailles
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James II rules
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Sir Isaac Newton published Principia, which hypothesizes the inverse-square law of universal gravitation.
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Isaac Newton published his laws of motion, gravity, calculus
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James II goes to France in Exile.
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Glorious Revolution
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English Bill Of Rights is written
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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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Baron de Montesquieu lives and writes "The Spirit of Laws" pioneering the idea of checks and balances.
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Voltaire lives and authors many enlightened ideas and books like "Candide".
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived, writing "The Social Contract", bringing the idea of the people being sovereign.
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War of Austrian Succession, Frederick the great fought Austria to gain more land
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Frederick the Great’s Reign
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The Great Fear
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Estates General occurs starting the beginning of the National Assembly.
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The French Revolution
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The Storming of Bastille; Marking the beginning of the French Revolution.
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National Assembly completes the new Constitution.
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Louis XVI tries to sneak out of Paris.
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Radicals take over the government.
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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
