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He was the third son born to King João of Portugal. His proper name is Infante Dom Henrique.
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He was originally the Prince of Yan. His older brother took the throne after his father died and his nephew then took over and began killing power uncles. Yonglo then fought back and took over the empires.
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He had a fleet of 317 ships and 28,000 men they departed from Suzhou.
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He actually made three sculptures of David two of which were clothed. The first was started in 1408 and finished in 1409. The second was left unfinished, and the third was created in 1439.
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Constantinople fell after a siege by 21 year old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. Constantinople was prosperous for 935 years.
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Bordeaux surrendered to the French and left Calais and his army as the last in France.
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He creates his idea by using wine presses as a template.
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They were nearing the tip when a storm came over them. Dias said to turn 28 degrees to the south to most likely avoid crashing into the rocky shores (knowing this from to previous trips). Luckily Dias' prediction was right and they spotted land 300 miles to the east of Cape of Good Hope.
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They defeated the Emirate of Granada starting in 1482 and ending in 1492.
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In the early hours the cry came of "Land! Land!" By dawn he and his crew were ashore. He called the first inhabitants he met "Indians." Although he was in the Americas.
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The treaty settled disputes over who discovered the new land first.
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He left the Lisbon, Portugal port in July of 1497. With the help of an African Native that he met he sailed across the Indian Ocean.
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When he returned he claimed that the new land was not part of Asia. In 1507 a german map maker named the new continent America in honor of Vespucci.
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He worked on this painting until he died always making changes to it
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He had to paint while on his back in uncomfortable conditions.
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He finished his painting sometime in 1510.
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He studied more than 60 regestered times throught his lifetime.
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The printed version of the book wasn't published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli died.
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His Thesis stated things that were either wrong with or in the church.
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As he was exploring he over threw the Aztec empire, and claimed the land for Spain.
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About 20 slaves attacked and killed several Spanish colonists.
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His father, King Charles V, gave him the territories of Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the American when he died. Philip claimed 1/5 to 1/4 of every ship load of treasure as his royal share.
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He captured Atahualpa and demanded that he got gold and silver for his relase. When he got his ransom he killed Atahualpa.
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He explored Newfoundland, the now Canadian Atlantic, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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He and six others from the University of Paris formed the group together, but Ignatius was the leader.
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She was the second wife of King Henry VIII.
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He was crowned king at the age of nine.
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He was a brutal ruler and killed his own son thinking that he was going to kill him.
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She was the only child to be born of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon to survive childhood. She is often called "Bloody Mary" because of all of her religious persecutions.
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Elizabeth I was the only child born to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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Started in Paris and sparked a six-week, nationwide slaughter of Hugenots.
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He killed his son by striking him with a fatal blow to the head.
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King Philip II of Spain sent about 130 ships carrying 19,000 soldiers. England was ready however and bombarded the Spanish Armada with their heavier longer range cannons.
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Traded for silk, indigo dye, cotton, opium, salt, saltpetre, and tea.
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It was the first permanent Dutch trading post establiished in Banten, West Java.
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Is a two part book, the first book tells of Don Quijote's expeditions, and the second about the theme and deception and is more serious and philosophical.
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Hudson and his teen age son, and seven other crew members were set adrift in a shallop (open boat) with miscellaneous items.
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According to a journal entry by John Ward, says that the night before Shakespeare drank too heavily and died of fever.
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It began with a conflict over religion, territory, and power among Eurpoean ruling families.
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The most famous quote from the book is (translated to english) "I think, therefore I am."
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He was the king behind the palace of Versailles.
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Decided that having a strong army was the only way to ensure safety.
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Ended the Thirty Years War.
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The war, famine, and plague killed an estimated 616,000 Irish people. The lands and homes of the Irish were taken and given to the English soldiers.
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The English thought of New Netherland as a "Dutch wedge" seperating northern and southern colonies. The Dutch surrendered to the Duke of York without firing a shot.
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Disastrous fire broke out and tore through the city of London. All buildings including churches, homes, and shops were all ablaze. In the end it destroyed 13,000 homes, 87 parishes and St. Paul's Cathedral.
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Gave all prisoners the right to obtain a writ or document saying that the prisoner have a fair trial.
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He and a group of men set out from Montreal and traveled to the Mississippi River and claimed all the land along the river for France.
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He extremly tall, short tempered and very smart.
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Versailles is one of the largest palaces in the world today.
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It is one of the most important books ever written. The universe he described was like a giant clock. All parts worked together perfectly in ways expressed mathemetically. He believed that God was the creator of the orderly universe, the clockmaker who set it in motion.
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The printing company added a title page and Locke was unhappy with the adition. The company aslo made so many errors that Locke constantly complained to them.
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His thermometer showed water freezing at 32 degrees.
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His scale showed water freezing at 0 degrees.
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Published in English two years later.
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He thought it would only take a few years to do this but is still an on going process.
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It involved most of the major powers of the time.
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English writer, philosopher, and womens rights activist.
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He was writing it for two years.
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An act against British taxation without representation.
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Part of the American Revolutionary War.
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It was drafted for 17 days and then signed.
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The convention convened for five months.
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He is a world known musician.
