World History 2 Timeline

Renaissance Begins

Jan 1, 1350

http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/renaissance.htm

Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal

Mar 7, 1418

Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal

Byzantine capital of Constantinople conquered and renamed Istanbul by the Muslim Ottomans

May 29, 1453

The ottomans lay seige to Constantinople. They capture it and rename it Istanbul

Pizzaro conquers the Inca

Oct 18, 1471

Pizzaro conquers the Inca's

Columbus' first voyage

Jan 1, 1492

Columbus" was trying to find a direct route to Asia instead he founded the New World

Treaty of Tordesillas

Jun 7, 1492

Agreed upon between Spain and Portuegse

Michangelo's "David"

Oct 1, 1500

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/Michelangelo-David.html

Leonardo da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"

Jan 1, 1503

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel

Jul 1, 1508

http://arthistory.about.com/od/famous_paintings/a/sischap_ceiling.htm

Erasmus writes "Praise of Folly"

Jan 1, 1509

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Praise_of_Folly

Cortez conquers the Aztecs

Oct 18, 1521

The Spanish (Cortez) conquer the Aztec Empire in 1521

Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory

Dec 17, 1543

It postioned the sun in the middle of the solar system, and the planets orbiting it

Shakespeare writes "the tragedy of Julius Caesar"

Jan 1, 1599

http://www.shmoop.com/julius-caesar/

Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion

Dec 17, 1609

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

Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory

Dec 17, 1610

Galileo used a telescope to support the heliocentric theory

Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I

Dec 17, 1625

King Charles was tried and convicted of treason and was executed

WIlliam Harvey discovered circulation of the blood

Dec 17, 1631

Harvey discovered how blood circulates

Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan"

Dec 17, 1651

The book talks about the structure of society and the government

Taj Mahal built

Dec 17, 1653

The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor Shan Jahan, in memory of his third wife

The restoration of Charles II

Apr 4, 1660

On April 4, 1660 Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda, in which he made several promises in relation to the reclamation of the crown of England

Glorious Revolution

Dec 17, 1668

Was the overthrow of King James II of England

Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity

Dec 17, 1687

Newton made a formula for the law of gravity

English Bill of Rights of 1689

Dec 16, 1689

The Bill of Rights is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689

John Locke's "Two Treaties on Government"

Dec 17, 1689

Is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke

Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg

May 27, 1703

Founded the city on May 27, 1703 made it the capital of Russia

Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles

Dec 17, 1710

Louis XIV built a wonderful palace called Vertsailles, which still stands today

Montesquieu's "The Spirit of Law"

Dec 17, 1748

Is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de Secondat

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract"

Dec 17, 1762

Is the book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society

Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Stated the 13 colonies were independent from Great Britain

The American colonies win independence from England

Jul 4, 1776

The 13 colonies become the USA