world history 2 timeline

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  • Period: Sep 1, 1200 to

    world history 2 timeline

  • renaissance begians
    Jan 1, 1300

    renaissance begians

    Rebirth of of many classical ideas. Many people excelled in education and in visual arts.
  • Fall of Constantinople
    Apr 6, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Byzantine capital of Constantinople conquered and
    renamed Istanbul by the Muslim Ottomans
  • prince henry founds navigation school
    Oct 18, 1460

    prince henry founds navigation school

    Henry sent many sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himsel
  • colubus' first voyage
    Oct 18, 1492

    colubus' first voyage

    in 1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue :)
  • Treaty of Tordesillas
    Apr 7, 1493

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    The Treaty of Tordesillas was intended to solve the dispute that had been created following the return of Christopher Columbus and his crew
  • treatry of totillias
    Apr 7, 1493

    treatry of totillias

    The Treaty of Tordesillas was intended to solve the dispute that had been created following the return of Christopher Columbus and his crew
  • michelangeos's david
    Jan 1, 1504

    michelangeos's david

    David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo
  • mona lisa
    Jan 1, 1506

    mona lisa

    a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world
  • In Praise of Folly
    Jan 1, 1511

    In Praise of Folly

    is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511
  • The Sistine Chapel ceiling
    Jan 1, 1512

    The Sistine Chapel ceiling

    Painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art
  • Oct 18, 1541

    pizzaro conquers incas

    Francisco Pizarro González 1471 -1541 was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory
    Dec 16, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory

    Copernican heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
  • William Harvey
    Apr 1, 1578

    William Harvey

    William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
  • The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

    is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599.
  • Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion

    Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion

    In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion are three scientific laws describing motion of planets around the Sun
  • Charles I dies

    Charles I dies

    Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649
  • taj mahal

    taj mahal

    tomb for a rulers wife
  • Charles II

    Charles II

    Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685)[c] was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution,also called the Revolution of 1688
  • english bill of rights

    english bill of rights

    The Bill of Rights[1] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689
  • Tsar Peter the Great builds  St. Petersburg

    Tsar Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg

    byTsar Peter the Great, on 27 May 1703, Saint Petersburg was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918). St. Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917
  • Louis XIV passed away

    Louis XIV passed away

    After a week of slow agony, Louis XIV passed away in Versailles on 1 September 1715 at 8.15 in the morning, just before his 77th birthday
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    thomas jefferson signs the Declaration of Independence
  • The American colonies win independence from England

    The American colonies win independence from England

    The American Revolution was a political upheaval, 1765–1783, as the Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America.
  • The Storming of the Bastille

    The Storming of the Bastille

    The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.
  • The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror also known simply as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions
  • Napoleon becomes Emperor

    Napoleon becomes Emperor

    Napoleon Bonaparte 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.
  • The Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states
  • Napoleon dies

    Napoleon dies

    Napoleon Bonaparte,15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.