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Jan 1, 1350
Renaissance Begins
This is when the renaissance began! -
Dec 14, 1419
Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal
Prince Henry founded a navigation school in Portugal -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
This is when Constantinople was finnally captured and renamed Istanbul! -
Dec 14, 1492
Columbus’ first voyage
The Niña, Pinta and the Santa María sail from Palos, Spain. -
Dec 14, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo paints Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo - David
Michelangelo sculpts David -
Jan 1, 1508
Michaelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel
Michaelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel. He had to paint the ceiling. -
Jan 1, 1509
Erasmus writes Praise of Folly
Erasmus wrote "The Praise of Folly" -
Dec 14, 1521
Cortes conquers the Aztecs
Cortes defeats the Aztecs and gains new land -
Dec 14, 1532
Pizarro conquers the Inca
Pizarro defeats the Inca and gains land -
Dec 14, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory.
It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. -
Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar
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Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion.
Johannes Kepler published his first two laws in 1609, Kepler's third law was published in 1619. -
Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory.
Galileo defended heliocentrism, and claimed it was not contrary to those Scripture passages. -
William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
He was the first to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart -
Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
At about 2 p.m.,Charles put his head on the block after saying a prayer and signalled the executioner when he was ready by stretching out his hands; he was then beheaded with one clean stroke. -
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan
The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. -
Taj Mahal
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The restoration of Charles II
The Restoration of the English monarchy began when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. -
Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles. -
Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity.
Newton's Principia formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that dominated scientists' view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. -
Glorious Revolution (William and Mary)
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England. -
English Bill of Rights of 1689
The Bill of Rights is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689. -
John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government
The Two Treatises of Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
Peter the Great built St. Petersburg so he would have a location to trade from in the Baltic Sea. -
Death of Louis XIV
Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of monarchs of major countries in European history. -
Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in 1748 with the help of Claudine Guérin de Tencin -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract
In moral and political philosophy, the social contract or political contract is a theory or model, originating during the Age of Enlightenment, that typically addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual. -
The American colonies win independence from England
The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789 -
Reign of Terror
The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine, and another 25,000 in summary executions across France. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815, the first monarch of France -
Congress of Vienna meets
The Congress of Vienna met from Sept. 1814 to June 1815 to redraw Europe's political map and settle issues from previous wars. -
Napoleon dies
In February 1821, Napoleon's health began to fail rapidly, and on 3 May two British physicians, who had recently arrived, attended on him but could only recommend palliatives. He died two days later
