World History

By sttandun
  • Period: Jun 4, 1300 to

    Renaissance

    Italy
    **Secular = worldy (not spiritual)
    **Patrons = financial supporters
    Thomas More: Ethiopia
    (1440) Gutenberg Printing Press
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Niccolo Machiavella (1513): "The Prince" qualities of good ruler
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Age of Exploration

    For God, Glory and Gold
    **Mestizo: Spanish + Natives
    Portugal
    - Prince Henry (navigational school)
    - Vasco da Gama (portugal --> india)
    - Treaty of Tordesillas
    Hernan Cortez (spanish)
    - Aztecs, Mexico (montezuma)
    Francisco Pizarro (Spanish
    - Incas, Peru (Atahualpa)
  • Period: Jun 4, 1400 to Jun 4, 1500

    Ottoman Empire

    Turks ---> Byzantines
    Capture constantinople
    Suleyman 1
    Muslims
  • Spanish Reconquista
    Jun 4, 1500

    Spanish Reconquista

    Drive Muslims from Spain (Early 1500s)
  • Spanish Inquisition
    Jun 4, 1500

    Spanish Inquisition

    Ferdinand II of Aragon & Isabella of Castile (1500 - 1516)
    - religious court to find/punish heretics (Muslims/Jews)
  • Jun 4, 1500

    The Black Plague

    Guy de Chauliac: defended Jews
  • Period: Jun 4, 1500 to

    Reformation

    (1517) 95 Theses
    Pope Leo X excommunicated
    Charles V: "Edict of Worms"
    **Protestant= protesting German princes
    ---> Peace of Augsburg (peace w/Charles V & Princes)
    John Calvin --> Calvinism
    John Knox --> Prexbyterians
  • Henry VIII (England: Catholic --> PROTESTANT)
    Jun 4, 1509

    Henry VIII (England: Catholic --> PROTESTANT)

    1st: Catherine of Aragon
    2nd: Anne Boleyn
    - wanted heir/remarry
    - ended Pope's power
  • Charles V, HRE (1519 - 1558)
    Jun 4, 1519

    Charles V, HRE (1519 - 1558)

    Reformation
  • Jun 4, 1530

    Catholic Reformation

  • Mary of Scots
    Jun 4, 1533

    Mary of Scots

    Catholic
    Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon
  • Edward VI
    Jun 4, 1547

    Edward VI

    Protestant
    Henry VIII - Jane Seymour
  • Phillip II, Spain (1554 - 1598)
    Jun 4, 1554

    Phillip II, Spain (1554 - 1598)

    Charles V
    Spanish Armada (Catholic)
  • Elizabeth I
    Jun 4, 1558

    Elizabeth I

    (1558 - 1603)
    Protestant (Anglican Church)
    Spanish Armada
    Elizabethan Age (Renaissance)
  • Spanish Armada

    Spanish Armada

    Philip II (Spain) vs. ***Elizabeth I (England)
    Catholic Protestant
  • James 1, VI of Scot (1604 - 1625)

    James 1, VI of Scot (1604 - 1625)

    Jamestown, Virginia
    Plymouth, MA (Pilgrims)
    Fought Parliament