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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
He was responsible for the early development of European exploration and trade with other continents. He also created the school of navigation to help out Portuguese sailros. -
Period: Mar 4, 1394 to
Chapter 19 - 20: Age of Exploration
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Period: Jan 2, 1400 to
Chapter 17
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Period: Feb 28, 1400 to
Chapter 21
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Jul 17, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
Yonglo moved the capital to Beijing and built as vast city known as the Forbidden City. Extended China's influence by sending Zheng He on many voyages. -
Jul 11, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
Zheng He's first voyage consisted of a fleet of 317 ships and 28,00 men. He traded many things to get animals in return. -
Feb 20, 1408
Donatello creates his David statue
Donatello was one of the most famous renaissance men. His statue David, was Europe's first fully nude sculpture since classical times. -
Apr 13, 1453
The Hundred Years' War ends
France eventually defeated England by pushing them out of the territory. Lots of rebuilding was necessary because lots of Europeans had died. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
Christians could visit Jerusalem freely, so Pope Innocence III called a fourth crusade and he took down Constantinople. -
Sep 13, 1455
Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
The Printing Press helped many copies of the same page to be made, which made book making quicker. Johan's invention icreased the literacy rates in Europe. -
May 28, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope
The discovery of the passage around southern Africa was significant because Europeans realized they could trade directly with India and the other parts of Asia, by not taking the route through the Middle East. -
Jan 2, 1492
Ferdinanad and Isabella end war with Muslims
Isabel and Ferdinand entered Granada to receive the keys of the city and the principal mosque was reconsecrated as a church. The Treaty of Granada signed later that year was to assure religious rights to the Muslims. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus spots lands in North America
It led to the first European contact with America. They Europeans had a big impact in the historical development of the modern Western world. -
Jul 2, 1494
Spain and Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the new land discovered by Christopher Colombus between Portugal and Spain. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco de Gama lands in India
This event is famous because he was the first European to reach India by an all sea route.It also paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia. -
May 29, 1502
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
This was important because it gave Europeans an idea of what the New World looked like, Map makers named America after him. -
Nov 17, 1503
Leonardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa was considered one of the best paintings created, but was actually never a finshed product. Leonardo was a true renaissance man and an inspiration for being a well-rounded person. -
Jul 24, 1508
Raphael paints School of Athens
Raphael was a very skilled painter during the renaissance. School of Athens, is considered the best example of the Renaissance's intent. -
Oct 7, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel is one of the most elegant paintings because it is in the biggest church in the world. Michelangelo had to paint the painting lying on his back with just a candle for his light. -
Jun 18, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" to give instructions to rulers on how to rule successfully. His book helped literature expand. -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 Thesis
Luther was upset by a misguided church so he posted his list of 95 things wrong on the church doors, so he got excommunicated by Pope Leo X. As a result he creates his own church (Lutheran), which starts the protestant reformation. -
Feb 27, 1519
Hernando Cortez lands on Mexican coast
Cortes claimed the land for the Spanish empire. As he made his way through the land Cortes recieved more soldiers and acquired more horses for his group. -
Dec 27, 1522
First slave revolts in Hispaniola
The first revolt was on Christopher Columbus's son.The slaves burnt the sugar presses and escaped. -
Nov 16, 1532
Francisco Pizarro meets Atahualpa
He trapped Atahualpa by luring him to a feast in the emperor's honor and then opened fire on the Incans. Pizarro captured Atahualpa and forced him to convert to Christianity before killing him. -
Mar 4, 1533
Ivan the Terrible assumes the throne
His young life was disrupted by struggles for power among the boyars of Russia. The boyars fought to control him but Ivan seized power and crowned himself Czar. -
Jan 30, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
His first voyage helped change the French conception of North America. It was believed that the area’s only value was its fisheries he reported that there were fertile lands and the possibility of mineral wealth. -
Dec 16, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
Anne was the second wife of King Henry VII to be killed. Anne also gave birth to Henry's second daughter Elizabeth, who later became Queen. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
Edward was the first son of King Henry. He became King at the age of 9, but inherited economic problems and distrust of his people. He died at the age of 15. -
Aug 14, 1540
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
Ignatius created the daily guide for how Catholics should live. His followers were called Jesuits, they spread the teachings to others about how to live as a true catholic. -
Mar 14, 1553
Mary I becomes Queen
As Queen Mary executed many important protestants, so she was called "Bloody Mary." Established the Catholic Church as Queen. -
Jan 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
Elizabeth was the second daughter of King Henry to become Queen. During her time as Queen she re-established the Anglican Church. -
Mar 4, 1581
Czar Ivan the Terrible kills his son
During a violent quarrel he killed his oldest son and heir. When Ivan died three years late, only his weak second son was left to rule. -
Battle of the English Channel
Spain dispatched an attack on England in the summer of 1588. England was ready and their ships outmanuvered the Spanish vessels made significant damage to the ships. The defeat of the Armada was a very big event. -
English East India Company is founded
British joint-stock company that was formed for trade with the East Indies but ended up trading with only one Indian subcontinent. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, salt, and tea. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
It is considered to have been the first multinational corporation in the world. They would trade goods with Asia and bring them back to Netherlands. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
Hudson planned to use his Discovery to further explore Hudson Bay with the continuing goal of discovering the Passage. But most of his crew wanted to return home. So his crew mutinied and sent Hudson away on his own boat with his son. -
William Shakespeare dies
Considered the best Norther European writer to live. He was a great author because of his immense vocabulary and his ability to describe. -
Thirty Years' War begins
It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history.There really wasnt a complete reason it started. -
Cardinal Richelieu becomes ruler of France
Cardinal Richelieu made up for all of Louis weaknesses. He became in effect the ruler of France and was a very hard working leader of the catholic church for several years. -
Galileo publishes his many findings in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
It compared the Copernican system with the Ptolemaic system. In the Copernican system the Earth and planets orbit the Sun, while in the Ptolemaic system everything in the Universe circles around the Earth. -
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Chapter 22
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Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse in Method
A method of radical doubt where the reader begins to doubt all external objects of sense perception and focus only on what the mind 'clearly and distinctly' perceives to be true. -
English Civil War begins
Started because Charles tried to arrest Parliament's leaders but they escaped, Mobbers raged outside his palace and he fled to London. Supporters and opponents of King Charles fought. -
Louis XIV begins his reign
He wasn't exactly the true ruler but most of the people wanted him to be because they didn't like Mazarin. When Cardianl Mazarin died Louis finally took full control. -
Oliver Cromwell and Puritans execute English King
They brought Charles I to trial fo rtreason. They found him guilty and sentenced him to death. The execution was revolutionary. -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract in Leviathan
Addresses the questions of the origin of society and the authority of the state over the individual. Social contract arguments say that individuals have surrender some of their freedoms in exchange for protection of their remaining rights. -
Louis XIV builds the Palace at Versailles
Louis loved to surround himself with luxury so he built the Palace.Everything about the palace was immense and luxurious. It was like a small royal city. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
Settlers lived together peacefully in New York but there was a short period of English rule when the Netherlands got the settlement back. New York was returned to the English and became the first city in the colonies to receive a royal charter. -
La Salle claim Missisippi River for Spain
On his third trip to America La Salle canoed down the Mississippi and at the mouth of the river he buried an engraved plate and a cross claiming the territory for France. -
Isaac Newton publishes his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
States Newton's laws of motion, forms the foundation of classical mechanics, also Newton's law of universal gravitation, His book is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of science. -
William of Orange signs the Bill of Rights
To make clear the limits of royal power, parliament darafted a bill of rights. William officially consented to these and other limits when he signed. -
Peter the Great embarks on his "Great Embassy"
He visits Russia to get ideas of how to get away from a feudalistic system. His ultimate goal is Westernization. -
War of the Spanish Succession begins
The war was very costly and dragged on until 1713.The big winner in the war was Great Britain, because they reicieved territories and permisson to trade slaves. -
Peter the Great orders St.Petersburg to be built
The existence of the city was in jeopardy as the construction commenced during the Great Northern War. The building of St. Petersburg is mainly due to the passion that Peter the Great invested in the city. -
Gabriel Fahrenheit makes the first mercury-in-glass thermometer
Important because we use it temperature for a lot of activities in our daily lives. -
Maria Theresa inherits the throne
In theory she was supposed to be guaranteed a peaceful reign. Instead she faced years of war against Prussia. -
Frederick the Great begins his reign in Prussia
He modernized the Prussian civil service and promoted religious tolerance during his reign. Frederick patronized the arts and philosophers, and wrote flute music. -
Denis Diderot publishes the firat volumes of his Encyclopedia
A lot of people use the Encyclopedia to look up past events and this is important because Denis was the first man to publish it. -
Seven Years' War begins
It involved most of the great powers of the time and affected many nations. The war was driven by the antagonism between Great Britain and the Bourbons resulting from overlapping interests in their colonial and trade empires. -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
She argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as normal and imagines a social order founded on reason. -
Seven Years' War Ends
Britain was the sole winner of the war. France lost its colonies in North America and Britain gained sole economic domination of India. -
Catherine the Great puts down serf rebellion
Economy depended on serfdom, and the increasing demands of the state and private landowners led to increased levels of reliance on serfs. When there was rebellions she made it stop. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. Parliament responded in 1774 with the Intolerable Acts, which ended local self-government. -
Joseph Priestly seperates oxygen from the air
He isolated an air that appeared to be completely new but it is hard to find out exactly when because of all his long experiments taking place. We breathe oxygen. -
Declaration of Idependence is signed
Helped gain America's independence form Britain. Created by Thomas Jeffersonand voted on by congress to declare independence. -
Mozart first performs Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is currently tenth on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide. It has also proved a nice subject for writers and philosophers. -
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign the Constitution
The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government the last four Articles frame the principle of federalism. -
Beethoven dies
An important figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music. One of the most famous and influential of all composers.
