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Began in Northern Italy
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Prince Henry founded a navigation school in Portugal.
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Ottomans conquer Constantionople after siege and renamed Istanbul.
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Christopher Columbus, whom was Italian, was funded by Spanish monarch's, Ferdinand and Isabella. He set sail, looking for a direct sea route to Asia by going around the world. This voyage reached the Caribbean and opened the Americas for Spanish colonization.
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Created by Pope Alexander VI
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Nicolaus Coppernicus develops a model in which the Earth orbits around the Sun.
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Unveiled in Florence
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Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa between 1503 and 1506, he may have continued working on it as late a 1517.
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First written by Erasmus in Latin.
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Michealangelo finished painting the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican
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Hernan Cortez started conquering the Aztecs in 1519 and finished in 1521.
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Pizzaro conquers the Inca
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Tragedy created by William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written in 1599. Based off of Roman History.
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Johannes Keplar discovered laws of planetary motion. He said mathematical laws govern planetary motion. Said orbits were elliptical.
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Galilo uses his telescope to disprove the Geocentric theory and prove the Heliocentric theory.
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William Harvey published " On the Motions of the Heart and Blood in Animals"
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Cromwell had Charles I executed for treason.
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Contained ideas such as, "In the state of nature, life would be nasty, brutish and short." Therefore people need a government/ central authority to manage behavior.
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Built by Emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, after her death.
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Charles II was the son of Charles I and was put on thrown by Parliament. His rule is known as the Restoration period because it restored the monarchy.
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Louis XIV builds a palace at Versailles to be a symbol of the power of France.
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Discovered the laws of gravity.
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Contained ideas such as "popular sovereignty" and "natural rights"
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William and Mary's rule was known as the Glorious Revolution because it was a predominantly nonviolent overthrow of James II. They were put on throne to replace James II for fear of a Catholic dynasty.
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Said ruler couldn't levy taxes without Parliaments's consent, interfere with freedom of speech in Parliament, or penalize a citizen who petitions the king about grievences.
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Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg to be a seaport to Western Europe. "window to the west.
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Contained ideas such as "separation of powers" and "checks and balances"
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Contained the idea that of "social contract", "free individuals agree to create a society and government to protect their rights"
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The American colonies win independence from the rule of England.
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Declared freedom for the U.S. colonies from the rule of England.
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People gathered weapons in order to defend Paris against the Kings Swiss mercenary army. Also known as French Independence Day.
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Louis was tried for treason by the National Convention, found guilty and sentenced to death.
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As many as 40,000 people were executed.
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Was approved in vote and later declares himself as Emperor of France.
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Died of stomach cancer.
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Series of meetings of European leaders held between 1814 and 1815. Goal was to restore Europe to the way it existed before Napoleonic rule.
