World history 2 time toast

By nate1617
  • 1297

    The magna carta

    Was signed established the foundations of English rights
  • Jun 12, 1566

    Nicolaus copernicus

    Developed the heliocentric theory

  • The baroque period

    Began in art music and architecture

  • The classical period

    Began in art music and architecture

  • The novel

    Became a new form of literature

  • Johannes kepler

    Discovered planetary motion

  • Galileo

    Used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory

  • The english civil war

    Began between the roundheads

  • Louis XIV

    Became the king of france

  • William Harvey

    Showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body

  • Oliver Cromwell

    Began his rule of England as the lord protector

  • Charles I of England

    Was beheaded

  • The restoration of Charles II

    The monarchy was put back in control in England

  • Isaac newton

    Published his law of gravity

  • Peter I

    Became the czar of russia

  • The palace of Versailles

    It was built under the reign of LOUIS XIV

  • The westernization of russia

    Was started by Peter the great

  • Thomas Hobbes

    Published leviathan- social contract

  • James II

    Became the king of England

  • The age of reason

    (The enlightenment) Began

  • William and mary

    Became the leaders of England

  • The English bill of rights

    Was passed laying out specific rights on parliament

  • Montesquieu

    Published on the spirit of laws

  • John locke

    Published two treatises on government

  • Francois Marie arouet

    Chaned hidls name to voltaire and goes on to chapion individual freedoms

  • Jean jacques Rousseau

    Wrote the social contract

  • The American revolution

    Began which was heavily influenced by the age of enlightenment

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Wrote the declaration of independence

  • All weather roads

    Were created to improve year round transport and trade

  • The constitution

    Was ratified on the US

  • The storming of the Bastille

    Was symbolic start of the French revolution

  • The French revolution

    Began having been influenced by the enlightenment and the American revolution

  • The bill of rights

    Was added tonthe constitution of the US

  • Marie Antoinette was executed

    At the guillotine

  • Louis XVI was executed

    At the guillotine

  • The reign of terror

    Marked a period of mass execution during the French revolution

  • Edwards jenner

    Introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox

  • Napoleon bonaparte

    Seized power in france in a coup d'etat

  • Eugene delacroix

    Began the transition of art to the romantic school

  • St. Petersburg

    Became the capital of Russia under peter the great