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Aug 1, 1330
The Renniasance
A time of REbirth of Art, Liturature and Ideas -
Aug 8, 1418
Prince Henry's School Founded
Nagivation School in Portugal Founded By Prince Henry the navigator -
Aug 2, 1453
Fall Of Constantinople
The fall of the Byzantium capitol to the Turks -
Aug 5, 1482
Columbus Found America
Christopher Columbus, Sailing for Spain, found Americas -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Dividing line between Spain's Territory and Portugals Territory -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco de Gama Finds water route Around the tip of Africa
De Gama sails from Europe around the Cape of Good Hope and to India -
Jan 1, 1504
Start of Mughal Empire
Empire in Northern India originally run by Babar -
Dec 31, 1506
Mona Lisa Finished
Famous painting by Da Vinci -
Jan 1, 1509
Erasmus' Praise of Folly
A Latin work by Erasmus at the start of the Protestant Reformation -
Nov 1, 1517
95 Thesis
List of 95 Reasons the Catholic Church was corrupt, written by Martin Luther -
Aug 1, 1518
Tobacco introduced to Europe
Tobacco from the Americas was taken to Europe -
Mar 5, 1519
Magellan Circumnavigates the globe
Magellan's crew was the first to successfully circumnavigate the globe -
Aug 1, 1521
Cortez Conqueres the Aztecs
Spanish explorer Cortez conqueres indigineous Aztec civilization -
Aug 5, 1529
Anglican Church Started
Started by King Henry VIII because he wanted a divorce from his wife, not permitted by the Catholic Church -
Nov 1, 1532
Pizarro Conqueres the Incas
Spanish explorer Pizarro Conquered the Incan Civilization in Peru -
Nov 6, 1543
Copernicus' Heliocentric theory
Theory by Copernicus that the universe revolced around the sun -
Sep 5, 1545
Council of Trent
Council to improve the Catholic Church and take down Protestantism -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The English navy defeated the 'invincible' Spanish Armada off the coast of France -
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Play written by Shakespeare about the conspiracy against Julius Caesar -
Galileo's first Telescope
Galileo used a telescope to help prove the heliocentric theory -
30 Years War
War the Lasted Thirty Years among most European Countries -
William Harvey Dicovers the circulation of blood
William Harvey said that blood circulates throughout the body -
Taj Mahal Built
Archticetural Building Built for the late wife of the Mughal emperor -
Descartes Discourse on Method
Published by Rene Descartes- a book about how things must be proven based on fact -
Peak of the Ottoman Empire
Muslim Empire that spread around the edges of the Mediterranean Sea -
Netwon's Laws of Gravity
Issac Newton said that bodies are atrracted to one another- called gravity
