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Period: Jan 28, 1300 to
Age of Exploration
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal was born
Prince Henry of Portugal was born in 1394 to King John 1. Henry was the third child of King John 1 and he was born in Porto, Portugal. -
Period: Jan 2, 1400 to
Chapter 17 Renaissance and Reformation
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Jan 29, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
Yonglo ruled from 1402 to 1424 in the Ming Emperor. He became the emporer of the Ming dynasty because Hongwu had died. -
Jul 11, 1405
Zheng He captain his first voyage
The first three of the seven voyages of the multi-national fleets commanded by Admiral Zheng He and four other captains. His first voyage had nearly 200 ships and 28,000 men. -
Dec 14, 1408
Donatello creates his David statue
Donatello created the whole David statue out of Bronze. The David statue stands about 3-feet tall and is completely naked. -
Dec 14, 1440
Johann Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
Before Johann Gutenberg books had to be copied by hand and took many months and even years to finish them, they also cost alot. But since Johann Gutenberg created books people could have books quicker and for a cheaper price. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
By the year 1440 the Turkish threat was strongest than ever for the Christians of the East. The loss of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. -
Dec 13, 1453
The Hundred Years' War ends
The Hundred Years' War ended between England and France. The reason that the war ended was because the English we just pushed out of by the French. -
Nov 25, 1491
Ferdinand and Isabella end the war with the Muslims
When Ferdinand and Isabella end the war with the Muslims they make the Muslims sign the Treaty of Granada. The Treaty of Granada provided 40 days of protection for the Muslims. -
Oct 12, 1492
C. Columbus spots land in North America
When C. Columbus landed in North America he thought that the land was really Asia. C.Columbus didn't really spot the land himself one of his sailors on the Pinta spotted it for him. -
Jun 7, 1493
Spain and Portugal agree to the Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain and Portugal signed at the agreement at Tordesillas, Spain, by which Spain and Portugal divided the non-Christian world into two zones. Undiscovered non-Christian lands to the west of the line were to be Spanish possessions and those to the east belonged to Portugal. -
Jan 31, 1497
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
Vespucci reached the coast of Honduras, and sailed into the Gulf of Mexico and this is what he called the New World. He never really traveled to the real New World. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco de Gama lands in India
Vasco de Gama landed in Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India. He was the first European to reach India by the Atlantic Ocean. -
Period: Feb 28, 1500 to
Chapter 21
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Period: Mar 26, 1500 to
Chapter 22
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May 14, 1500
B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
B. Dias reached the Cape of Good Hope because of a terrible storm casued 4 of his ships to sink. B. Dias felt like it was his purpose to to find the Cape of Good Hope because he could not find India. -
Dec 14, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci starts the Mona Lisa
According to Leonardo the Mona Lisa wasn't complete and he worked on it alittle bit every chance he got. Leonardo started painting the Mona Lisa in Florence, Italy. -
Dec 14, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo worked for about 4 years on the Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings on his back. While he was painting the ceiling he even went blind for awhile because the paint had dripped into his eyes. -
Dec 14, 1510
Raphael paints School of Athens
Raphael painted the School of Athens when he was only 27 years old. If you look really close to the picture you will see that Raphael painted himself into the painting, which some say is self-centered. -
Dec 14, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
Machiavelli writes that reforming an existing order is one of the most dangerous and difficult things a prince can do. The Prince is Machiavelli's best book. -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 Thesis
Martin Luther wrote the 95 Thesis and posted it on the door of a Church. The 95 Thesis would then become the new rules of all of the Churches. -
Apr 21, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
600 men and 17 horses traveled with H. Cortez. He departed from Spain in 1504. -
Jan 31, 1532
F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
Met with 106 soldiers and 62 horses. Pizarro wanted to explore Peru but he first had to meet the Indian leader. -
Mar 3, 1533
Ivan the Terrible assumes throne at age 3
Ivan the Terrible assumes the throne at age 3 after his father died. He is named the first Tsar at age 17. -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
Elizabeth I becomes queen after her half-sister dies. During her rein she convertes everyone for Catholic to Anglican (Church or England). -
Jan 31, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He claimed Canada for the French. It only took 3 voyages to explore Canada. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
Anne Boleyn was executed by being beheaded. She was executed because she had a baby girl and not a baby boy. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
Edward VI is born to King Henery. Edward mother, Jane Seymore, died during birth. -
Dec 14, 1540
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
Ignatius was chosen as the first Superior General of his religous order, invested with the title of Father General of the Jesuits.After he wrote the Jesuit order, his main principle became the Jesuit motto. -
Jul 19, 1553
Mary I Becomes Queen
Mary I becomes queen after her half-brother Edward dies. During her rein she gained the nickname Bloody Mary. -
Mar 3, 1581
Czar Ivan the Terrible kills his son and heir
Ivsn the Terrible killed his son is pure anger. After he killed his son, he sat on the ground holding his son's body crying for many days. -
English navy defeats Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada sought to control the English but at their surprize the English fought back. The English captured the Armada's treasure ship which utlimantly beat the Spanish. -
Johannes Kepler mathematically proves Copernicus and Brahe
Johannes Kepler was Brahe's assistance and Kepler took over Brahe's work after Brahe died. Kepler proved Copernicus's theory however it didn't make mathematical sense. -
English East India Company is founded
The English East India Company started in 1599 until 1874. The English East India Company started because of the spice trade. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
Founded in 1602 and remained active until 1799. It was a private company hired to protect the Dutch. -
Don Quixote de la Mancha
Novel written by Miguel de Cervantes. The novel follows a guy and his horse as he recruites normal people and create an army to fight "monsters". -
Henry Hudson is last seen
His ship was sweeped over by waves. He made 2 unsuccessful trip to find an ice-free trip to Asia. -
William Spakespear dies
William Spakespear died at the age of 52. No one knows what he died of and we will probably never know. -
Thirty Years’ War begins
The Thirty Years' War was fought from 1618 to 1648. Most of it was fought in Germany. Most of the powerful countries in Europe were in the war. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
New Netherlands was created by the Dutch. Then it was taken over by the English and the French. -
Charles I becomes king
On the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 James became king of England and Ireland. Charles's popular older brother Henry, whom he adored, died in 1612 leaving Charles in charge of the throne. -
Louis XIV begins 72-year reign
His reign of 72 years and 110 days is one of the longest in French and European history. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his father. -
Oliver Cromwell and Puritans execute English king
After Oliver Cromwell executed the king he established the Commonwealth. Oliver Cromwell eventually replaced the king, ruling England as Lord Protector. -
Britain passes the Navigation Acts
These Acts also formed the basis for British overseas trade for nearly 200 years. The Navigation Acts were passed by the English Parliament. -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract in Leviathan
The book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory. Thomas Hobbes argued the the state of nature is the worst. -
Louis XIV begins 40-year building of palace of Versailles
He showed his wealth and power by building his palace at Versailles. Louis XIV built this palace in just 40 years to make it the residence of the court and the capital of France. -
Habeas Corpus Law was passed
Habeas Corpus law gave every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document orgering that the prisoner be brought before a judge. Habeas Corpus is still used today. -
Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Isaac Newton published his 3 Laws of Gravity in this book which all and all made him the famous guy he is today. Newton's Laws are 1. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it; 2. The relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma. 3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain
Had to claim the Mississippi River for Spain so they would have more power in the trading world. The French were the ones that mapped out the Mississippi River for the Spain. -
William of Orange becomes king
The only way that William could become king was if he married into the throne. William became King of England ruling jointly with his wife, Mary II. -
Peter embarks on the Great Embassy
Peter went to Englands as a normal person not as a Tsar. Peter stayed in England from 1697 to 1698. -
Parliament drafted a Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights limits the power of the crown, sets out the rules of Parliament, and the right to petetion the king/queen without fear. The Bill of Rights was passed by William and Mary. -
Anders Celsius creates his scale for measuring temperature
Anders Celsius was from France. Anders Celsius was suppose to find a thermometer that meaured the temperature in polar regions. -
Peter the Great orders St. Petersburg to be built
St. Petersburg behind this was that Peter wanted access to the Baltic Sea in order to build a sea port. At St. Petersburg Peter the Great's there is a bronze horse and a model of Peter the Great himself. -
Gabriel Fahrenheit makes the first mercury-in-glass thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit was the first one to use mercury in the thermometer, however; he was not the first person to make a thermometer. Gabriel Fahrenheit was from German because of the thermometer German was the first country to label mercury bad. -
Voltaire is exiled to England
Fearing an indefinite prison sentence, Voltaire suggested that he be exiled to England as an alternative punishment, which the French authorities accepted. Voltaire was exiled from France to London, England. -
Maria Theresa inherits throne
An old European law, the Salic Law, prohibited a woman from inheriting her father's kingdom. Periodically, Maria Theresa considered abdication of the throne. -
Baron von Montesquieu purposed sparation of power in On the Spirit of Laws
He proposed the principle of the separation of powers, as well as a federal form of government. The separation of powers, the concept that the legislative, judicial, and executive. -
Denis Dierot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
The first seventeen volumes were published between 1751 and 1765. Denis Diderot was a famous philosopher, novelist and playwright, but his most given the permission to publish a ten volume encyclopedia. -
Seven Years' War begins
The war was also called the French and Indian War. Offically begins when England declares war on the French. -
Frederick the Great starts Seven Years’ War
The Seven Years's War was fought against Europe and the Americas. Prussian defeated the armies of France and Austria. -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
Wollstonecraft was born in London to John Edward Wollstonecraft. She was the author of Frankenstein. -
The start of the Partition of Poland
The First Partition of Poland was decided on August 5, 1772. Two decades later, Russian and Prussian troops entered Poland again and the Second Partition was signed on January 23, 1793. Austria did not participate in the Second Partition. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Massachusetts patriots, protesting the monopoly on tea importation, seized 342 chests of tea and threw them into Boston harbor. King George III and Parliament responded decisively this week to The Boston Tea Party by closing the city port. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
The Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on July 4, 1776. On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. Fifty-six congressional delegates in total signed the document. -
Joseph II abolishes serfdom in Austria
Emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom and instituted public education and healthcare. Joseph II found serfdom insufferable and attempted to abolish it. -
First slaves revolts in Hispaniola
The very first revole took place in Haiti but the first revole in Hisponia was because slaves were tired of their owners being unkind. The Haiti revolation was the only successful revolt in slave history. -
Catherine the Great puts down the serf rebellion
She appointed General Aleksandr Bibikov to put down the uprising, but she wanted to put down serfdom. Hostility was often expressed in the form of serf uprisings.
