Project of history

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  • Period: 1394 to 1460

    Prince Henry of Portugal

    Prince of Portugal
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    1439

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Invented movable type printing press.
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    1455

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Used the printing press to print copies of the Bible
  • Christopher Columbus
    1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He sailed to the New World instead of the East Indies.
  • Leonardo da vinci
    1495

    Leonardo da vinci

    Painted the Last supper
  • Vasco da Gama
    1499

    Vasco da Gama

    He discovered a sea route to India from Europe.
  • Leonardo da vinci
    1503

    Leonardo da vinci

    Painted the Mona Lisa.
  • Michelangelo
    1504

    Michelangelo

    Sculpted statue of David.
  • Desiderius Erasmus
    1509

    Desiderius Erasmus

    Wrote “The Praise of Folly”
  • Henry VIII
    1509

    Henry VIII

    Become a king of England.
  • Michelangelo
    1512

    Michelangelo

    Painted the Sistine chapel.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1513

    Francisco Pizarro

    He crossed Panama from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
  • Martin Luther
    1517

    Martin Luther

    Wrote the 95 Theses.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    A Portuguese explorer in the Spanish exploration.
  • Period: 1519 to 1521

    Hernan Cortes

    He brought Mexico under Spanish rule.
  • 1530

    John Calvin

    Broke from the Catholic Church
  • 1532

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    He discovered that the sun is the center of the universe and the earth moves around the sun (heliocentrism).
  • Henry VIII
    1534

    Henry VIII

    He started the Anglican Church
  • Period: 1534 to 1542

    Jacques Cartier

    He claimed Canada for France and made 3 trips.
  • John Calvin
    1536

    John Calvin

    Published the first edition of his Institutio Christianae Religionis or institutes of The Christian Religion.
  • St.Ignatius de Loyola
    1539

    St.Ignatius de Loyola

    Founded the Jesuits order.
  • Elizabeth I
    1558

    Elizabeth I

    Become a queen of England.
  • 1577

    Francis Drake

    He is known for the second circumnavigation.
  • Francis Drake

    Francis Drake

    He was second- command on the English fleet in the battle against the spanish armada.
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    Wrote “Romeo and Juliet”.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    He made a model of the solar system.
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    Wrote “Hamlet”.
  • Miguel de Cervantes

    Miguel de Cervantes

    Published “Don Quixote”.
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    Wrote the sonnet 18.
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei

    He developed a new telescope to help him discover new moons and planets.
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Doctor known for describing the circulation of blood in the body by the heart around.
  • Period: to

    Charles I

    He was the king of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Published "Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood of Animals".
  • Louis XIV

    Louis XIV

    He became King of France.
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Jean Jacques Rousseau

    He published “The Social Contract”.
  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes

    He wrote “Leviathan”.
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    Oliver Cromwell

    He was Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He wanted King Charles I killed.
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    Charles II

    King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685.
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    Peter the Great

    He was the czar of Russia and the Emperor of Russia.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Developed the theory of gravity.
  • William and Mary

    William and Mary

    They became king and queen of England during the Glorious Revolution.
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    He had the idea that the mind is a blank slate at birth (tabula rasa).
  • Period: to

    Frederick the Great

    He was King of Prussia for 46 years.
  • Baron De Montesquieu

    Baron De Montesquieu

    Known for his political theory on the separation of powers.
  • Voltaire

    Voltaire

    He wrote “Candide”.
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    Louis XVI

    He was King of France from 1774 to 1791.
  • Period: to

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    He was emperor of France.
  • Eugene Delacroix

    Eugene Delacroix

    He painted “Liberty Leading the People”.