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Sponsors exploration of West Africa
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Johannes Gutenburg of Germany creates the printing press. Making readings more readily available for the rest of the world.
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Vasco Da Gama reaches the Indian ocean and explores south-west Asia.
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Christopher Columbus reaches the new world and claims lands for Spain in the late 15th century.
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The Italian masterminds the world renowned Mona Lisa
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The renaissance artists creates the statue David.
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The Dutchman writes The Praise of Folly which ridicules the mainstream catholic church.
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Nails his 95 theses that attacks the catholic church onto his home town church.
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Ferdinand Magellan discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean
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Cortez lead to the destruction of the Aztec Empire, and claimed significant portions of Mexico for the Spanish Empire.
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Henry openly leaves the catholic empire during his tenure as king.
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Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru. Three years later, Pizarro founded the nation's new capital, Lima.
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Founded the Jesuit order and helps spread catholicism.
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Was sent by King Francis I to the New World in search of riches and a new route to Asia in 1534. His exploration of the St. Lawrence River allowed France to lay claim to lands that would become Canada.
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John Calvin forms the first Theocracy and forms new religious ideals.
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Officially makes protestant beliefs and systems official in England.
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Drake was an English sea captain, slave trader, and privateer of the Elizabethan era. ... Elizabeth I awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. As a Vice Admiral, he was second-in-command of the English fleet in the battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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The most famous English play-wright creates Romeo and Juliet.
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Makes massive statements about scientific theories, creates the laws planetary motion.
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Scientific revolutionist that talks about blood circulation
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His reign was marked by religious and political strife that led to civil war and ultimately his execution.
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He was an English military and political leader. He served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 until his death.
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Hobbes writes the Leviathan which praises monarchies.
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He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland and Ireland from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 until his death.
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Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the Sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred 1661
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Newton developed the three laws of motion which form the basic principles of modern physics. His discovery of calculus led the way to more powerful methods of solving mathematical problems.
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william and his wife Mary were crowned joint monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1689. Their accession, known as the ‘Glorious Revolution’, marked an important transition towards parliamentary rule
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He was a Russian czar in the late 17th century who is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation 1682-1696
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Known as the sun king Louis had the longest reign in European history (1643-1715). During this time he brought absolute monarchy to its height, established a glittering court at Versailles, and fought most of the other European countries in four wars.
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Prussia had greatly increased its territories and became a leading military power in Europe under his rule.
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French political philosopher whose principal work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theories.
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Wrote candide in 1759 and it brought forth the idea of the separation of church and state
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writes the social contract in 1762
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Louis XVI was guillotined on 21 January 1793, and the reign of terror insured afterwards
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1799 Napoleon commits a coup d'état and becomes the most powerful man in france.
