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This is considered to be the first great modern work of science and the foundation of modern biology. In it, Versalius makes unprecedented observations about the human body.
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Galileo determines through his invention of the telescope that the planets revolve around the sun, opposed to the earlier viewpoint that they, including the sun,revolved around earth.
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Violence breaks out between Catholic nations and Protestant ones. The Catholics were mainly represented by the Holy Roman Empire.
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Over 7000 women were executed for witchcraft in Europe between 1550 and 1700, largely in association with the various theological battles of the Reformation.
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The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French and Indian War, which is the name given to the American theater of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War.
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Was a street fight , between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
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King Louis XVI calls forth the Estates General together for the first time in a long time. Featuring the clergy, the noblemen, and the rest of France together.
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Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins, is executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him. The Girondins gain more power as a result.