TimeLine Chapter 1

  • Johann Gutenberg

    Johann Gutenberg

    German inventor of the printing press in 1436. (1397-1468)
  • Martin Luther

    Martin Luther

    German theologian and Reformation leader (1483-1546)
  • Jean Bodin

    Jean Bodin

    French and social and political philosopher and lawyer (1530-1596)
  • Hugo Grotius

    Hugo Grotius

    Dutch lawyer, author, strong advocate of natural law, and the father of international law (1583-1645)
  • Dutch West India Company

    Dutch West India Company

    Trading and colonizing company, chartered by the States-General of the Dutch Republic in 1621 and organized for their well-being.
  • Peace of Westphalia

    Peace of Westphalia

    The treaty that concluded the Thirty Years’ War in 1648
  • Robert Schuman

    Robert Schuman

    French prime minister after World War II who proposed the Schuman plan for pooling the coal and steal resources from Western Europe. He lived through the years 1886-1963.
  • Jean Monnet

    Jean Monnet

    He was a french statesman and a very distinguished economist, who lived through the years of 1888-1979.
  • Paul Henri Spaak

    Paul Henri Spaak

    Foreign minister of Belgium who was first president of the General Assembly of the United Nations, who lived through the years 1899-1972.
  • Benito Mussolini

    Benito Mussolini

    Italian Fascist dictator and prime minister from 1922 to 1943.
  • IMF

    IMF

    Established in 1944 to prevent countries from defaulting on their loans and to make financing available
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    The hostile relations between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, from 1945 to 1990.