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Western Humanities Semester 1

By mctiul5
  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1527

    Middle Ages

  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1000

    Early Middle Ages

  • Charles Martel halts a Muslim advance into France
    Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel halts a Muslim advance into France

  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1300

    High Middle Ages

  • William the Conqueror Invades England
    Feb 1, 1066

    William the Conqueror Invades England

  • First Crusade
    Jan 1, 1096

    First Crusade

  • Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270

    Rise of European Universities

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1527

    Late Middle Ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years’ War between France and England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1350

    Black Death at its height

  • ANGLICAN CHURCH EST. BY KING HENRY VIII
    Jan 1, 1354

    ANGLICAN CHURCH EST. BY KING HENRY VIII

    King Henry VIII created his own religion, and made people stray from the Catholic Church. This relgion is still practiced today
  • Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527

    Renaissance in Italy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1378 to Jan 1, 1417

    Great Schism

  • Printing press invented by J. Gutenberg
    Jan 1, 1450

    Printing press invented by J. Gutenberg

  • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
    Jan 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

  • Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence
    Jan 1, 1469

    Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence

  • Pico's Oration
    Jan 1, 1486

    Pico's Oration

  • DA VINCI PAINTS THE MONA LISA
    Jan 1, 1505

    DA VINCI PAINTS THE MONA LISA

    This event is significant because it is one of the most famous paintings ever. Also, it is one of Da Vinci's most influential paintings.
  • Machiavelli’s The Prince is published
    Jan 1, 1513

    Machiavelli’s The Prince is published

  • Period: Jan 1, 1525 to

    Reformation

  • ELIZABETH I IS CROWNED
    Jan 1, 1558

    ELIZABETH I IS CROWNED

    This is significant because of how famous Queen Elizabeth is. She is arguably one of the most powerful women ever.
  • GALILEO IMPROVES THE TELESCOPE

    GALILEO IMPROVES THE TELESCOPE

    This is significant because of how innovated telescopes were. Galileo was able to make an even better version that was incredibly different from previous models.