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Period: Jan 1, 1394 to
Age of Exploration
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
Prince Henry was born in 1394. He sent lots of expeditions for exploration down Africa's west coast, but didn't go on them himself. -
Jan 29, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
He was a Ming emperor who sponsored Chinese exploration voyages in Asia. -
Jan 29, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
This was the first of seven grand voyages that had some fleets with up to 60 ships and over 25,000 people. -
Period: Jan 1, 1430 to
Renaissance and Reformation Ch. 17
The timespan of events from 1453 to 1540 in the Renaissance and Reformation -
Dec 14, 1430
Donatello crates his 'David' statue
Donatello was commissioned to create a bronze statue of David around the year 1430. The commissioner was believed to be Cosimo d Medici, and the sculpture was placed in the courtyard of the Medici Palace in Florence, Italy. -
Dec 14, 1450
Johan Gutenberg invents the printing press
Johan Gutenberg invented the printing press around 1450 in Mainz, Germany. The printing press was a revolutionary invention in many ways and made a huge impact on the Renaissance itself, and also the Reformation. -
Feb 14, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
In early 1453 Constantinople fell to the Turks. Constantinople was defended by, at most, 10,000 men while the Turks had between 100,000 and 150,000 men on their side. -
Dec 1, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
The Hundred Years' War mainly between England and France finally ended in 1453. Some interesting facts are the the Hundred Years War actually lasted for 116 years, and all of the battles of the Hundred Years War were fought in France. -
Jan 28, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
When he reached the Cape of Good Hope and rounded the tip of Africa, he came through the storm and made history my opening up a way by all water from Europe to Asia. -
Nov 25, 1491
Ferdinand & Isabella end war with Muslims
This was important because it cleared things up and allowed them to let Columbus take his famous voyage in 1492. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus spots land in North America
Columbus thought that he had reached the East Indies, but he actually landed in North America. -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain & Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
The treat was an agreement made between Spain and Portugal to divide non-European land between them for exploration. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco Da Gama lands in India
This is the day when he landed in Calicut. This opened up many doors with trade, and helped many economies. -
Jan 29, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
He described his travels in detail, and a mapmaker made them into the best map that he could. So therefore, America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. -
Dec 14, 1503
Leonardo DaVinci starts the 'Mona Lisa'
He began work on the 'Mona Lisa' in 1503 and was never really finished. He worked on the painting until he died! This painting has a special spark in the woman's smile. -
Dec 14, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo worked on painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel from 1508-1512. This is a beautiful and well-remembered work of art. -
Dec 14, 1510
Raphael paints 'School of Athens'
Raphael painted this piece between 1510 and 1511. -
Dec 14, 1513
Machiavelli writes 'The Prince'
It appears to have been distributed in 1513, but not published until 1532 after Machiavelli"s death. This book gave instructions to rulers on how to rule successfully. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin luther posts his 95 Thesis
Martlin Luther posted his list of 95 things wrong with the Catholic Church on the door of Wittenberg's Church on Halloween of 1517. -
Mar 30, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
This expedition set sail with eleven ships with hopes of expanding the empire. -
Dec 27, 1522
First slave revolts in HIspaniola
On the plantation of Columbus's son, slaves burned the sugar presses and escaped. Most were captured and punished, but some remained free. -
Nov 15, 1532
Francisco Pizarro meets Atahualpa
The Spaniards only had 168, and the Inca 80,000, but the Spanish prevailed with the advantages of surprise and horses. -
Period: Mar 1, 1533 to
Age of Monarchs
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Mar 5, 1533
Ivan the Terrible comes to the throne
He actually came to the throne at age three. His rule was divided into two basic periods. His good period and bad period. The good period was first-from 1547 to 1560, and the bad period came after his wife Anastasia's death in1560.Ivan died in 1584. -
Jan 31, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He claimed this land and called it "Mont Royal," which later became Montreal. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
Anne Boleyn was beheaded on May 19th 1536 and was Elizabeth's mother. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
Edward VI was born on October 12th, 1537. He actually became king at the age of nine! -
Sep 1, 1540
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
The Jesuit order was founded by Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius and some of his students took vows of poverty and chastity and began their holy journey to make plans for the conversion of muslims. -
Jul 1, 1553
Mary I becomes Queen
Mary I becomes the Queen in 1553. She was the half sister of Edward and was Catholic. -
Mar 5, 1555
Philip II was set to inherit the throne
Philip II was a king of Spain that aggressively expanded land owned by Spain in the 16th century. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen
Elizabeth I became queen on November 17th 1558. She was Anglican and used not marrying to her advantage. -
Mar 5, 1566
The Dutch begin to revolt
This was very violent. On one day in 1568, the duke executed 1,500 protestants and suspected rebels. -
English East India Company is founded
It was made for trade with the East Indies but ended up trading lots with the Indian subcontinent. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
They were a group that transported goods from Asia to Europe, and were founded in 1602. -
Henry Hudson was last seen
Henry wanted to further explore Hudson Bay,but his crew did NOT want to, so they mutinied and set him and some others off with some supplies. -
William Shakespeare dies
William Shakespear died on April 23rd, 1616 at the age of 52. He wrote many great poems and plays. -
Thirty Years' War
This war lasted from 1618 until 1648. It was a17th Century central European war defined by triumphs and defeats of Hapsburg. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
The Netherlands got involved and changed the name of the city. The area became open to all religions and nationalities to welcome people in. -
Cardinal Richelieu became Louis's minister
His policies were to make the Huguenots vulnerable, Make the Nobles weak, and fight the Hapsburgs. -
Johannes Kepler mathematically proves Copernicus and Brahe
The information and theories that Copernicus and Brahe came up with were crazy, and the fact that Kepler proved it and set it in makes a difference today because that is what we all know now, and if he hadn't proved it, there could have been a huge deficit in space discoveries because we wouldn't have known the planetary movement. -
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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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Galileo publishes his many findings in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
This affects us todoay, because it was imperative that Galileo put his findings out there in the world for us to use to learn and expand our scientific horizons. -
Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse on Method
The scientific method is very important to us today, because we use it both in our every day lives, and to conduct experiments to better our knowledge in many areas. -
English Civil War
This war lasted from 1642 until 1649. Those who remained loyal to Charles's side in the war were called Royalists or Cavaliers. Puritan supporters of Parliament were mockingly called Roundheads by the Cavaliers. The conflict was between these two groups of people. -
Louis XIV became king
Louis became king at only age five! He is notorious for his lavish living and his ways of ordering others around and ordering nobles to live with him and serve him. -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract in Leviathan
This was the basic proposal that government was needed, and it layed down the law for what was needed in a government. The social contract is outlined, explored, and summarized in Leviathan, and our government and society could be very different today if it weren't for this. -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain
On April 9h, La Salle buried an engraved plate and a cross at the mouth of the Mississippi, claiming the territory for France. -
Jmes II became king
William led his army to London in 1685 to overthrow James II. This bloodless overthrow of king James II is called the Glorious Revolution. -
Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Isaac Newton's laws are a piece of common knowledge that will be forever famed. We learn them in school today, and they are very important to understand other concepts in science. -
Bill of Rights is drafted in 1689 (Parliament)
It consisted of many things that a ruler couldn't do.
- No suspending of parliament's laws
- No levying of taxes without a specific grant form.
- No interfering with freedom of speech in parliament.
-No penalty for a citizen who petitions the king about grievances. -
Peter the Great becomes sole ruler of Russia
He is Peter the Great because he is one of Russia's great reformers. He also continued the trend of increasing the czar's power. -
Peter embarks on the "Grand Embassy"
He did this in 1697- just one year after he became sole ruler. This was a long visit to Western Europe. Peter's goal was to larn about European customs and industrial techniques. He took 200 servants and 55 boyars. His identity was also concealed. -
War of Spanish Succession
This war lasted from 1701 to 1703. It was an 18th century european war that ended the united thrones of Spain and France. -
Voltaire is exiled to England
This exile exposed Voltaire to free speech and other thoughts and beliefts, so when he came back to France, he stood up for what he believed in, and he made lots of proposals about the church and government. The freedom of speech especially carries over into our lives today. -
Frederick the Great becomes ruler of Prussia
Frederick the Great stepped up just five months after Maria Theresa. He was under the impression that he could take terrritory easily from Maria Theresa because she was a woman, but he was wrong. -
Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian Throne
Maria Theresa was a more than able ruler who reigned during years at war. She was underestimated but did well as a ruler. -
Baron von Montesquieu proposed separation of power in On the Spirit of Laws
The proposal of separation of power made a huge impact on the United States government. Without this proposal, we might not have the government system that we have today, -
Henry fielding writes the novel Tom Jones
It was one of the first novels, so it started the trend of novels, and opened doors for future prose fiction. Henry was the first one that didn't pretend that his fiction was fact...his story didn't have a real moral as the spotlight. It was just fiction. His definition of the novel still influence how we see prose fiction today. -
Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
Encyclopedias are extremely common today, and Denis Diderot publishing his first volume opened so many doors for the education and availability of information to many people. -
Seven Years' War begins
The start of the French and Indian War started the Seven Years' War. This war was a world war world war that involved a lot of the powerhouses of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. -
Seven Years' War
This war lasted from 1756 until 1763.It was an18th century war fought across the globe over various European territories. -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
This woman argued for equal education among women, no matter what. The roles of women throughout history all the way up to today have been shaped by her. -
The start of the Partition of Poland
With these partitions, Poland disappeared from the map of Europe. It did not reappear as an independent country until after World War I. This affects us today, because Poland is back on the map after WWI. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
This is, in my opinion, the most important event in American history. It really marks the beginning of American history. It was the birth of the United States, and gave lots of other countries the idea to become independent. -
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign the Constitution
This is hugely significant, because this signing of the Constitution showed that the delegates were on board for what they were about to take on, and our laws and morals were put in place. The bill of rights is still in the Constitution, and we still abide by these laws. -
Mozart first performs Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni was a very different composition of Mozart. It intertwined comedy and tragedy, and was one of the first that led off of the beaten path of classical music. This musical reflects the ideas of the Enlightenment. -
Beethoven dies
His works in his earlier years were more classical, and then in his later years he transitioned more into Romanticism. This acted as a catalyst for more musical changes leading up to more modern styles.
