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Period of Scholar and Values in Europe
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Invented the movable press printer
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Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was instrumental in establishing the concept of a heliocentric solar system, in which the sun, rather than the earth, is the center of the solar system.
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Biggest invasion of France
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Found the Americas
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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India.
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Responsible for the explorations of the Portuguese
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European Ships traveled the World
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Rule by one person
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Michelangelo created the David and Pieta statues.
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He sketched the first parachute, first helicopter, first aeroplane, first tank, first repeating rifle, swinging bridge, paddle boat and first motor car
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Religious, Political, Intellectual and Cultural Ideals that split up Catholics in Europe
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He discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean
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Was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
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Founded the jesuit order
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French explorer Jacques Cartier is known chiefly for exploring the St. Lawrence River and giving Canada its name.
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Discovered the Pacific Ocean, and after conquering Peru, founded its capital city, Lima.
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Historical changes to social and institutional organization
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Lead the French protestant reformers
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English admiral Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
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His most famous novel was Don Quixote.
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Created plays such as hamlet and Romeo & Juliet
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Posted the 95 theses
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First to come up with the 3 laws of planetary motion.
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He discovered Jupiter's four massive moons, now known as the Galilean moons.
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Harvey described the importance of the heart and researched the body
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He king of England, Scotland and Ireland, whose conflicts with parliament led to civil war and his eventual execution.
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Civil Unrest in English Government
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He commanded campaigns in Ireland and Scotland in the early 1650s, and served as “lord protector” of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from 1653 until his death
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Hobbes wrote the Leviathan
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Charles II was the monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland
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King and Queen of England
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He built the palace of Versailles out of his fathers hunting shack to show power
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King Louis XIV of France led an absolute monarchy during France’s classical age. He revoked the Edict of Nantes and is known for his aggressive foreign policy.
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The age of reason
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Created laws of gravity, and motion
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Civil unrest
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Wrote the treaties on Government
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He created a strong navy, reorganized his army according to Western standards, secularized schools, administered greater control over the reactionary Orthodox Church, and introduced new administrative and territorial divisions of the country.
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Ruled Prussia, great military power.
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Montesquieu was a french analyst who is famously known for his book spirit of laws, about the separation of powers
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Voltaire was a french philosopher who is most commonly known for writing about freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and tolerance
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He wrote the social contract and believed in popular sovereignty
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Social and Political upheaval in France
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He was the first emperor of France
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Painted the "Liberty Leading the People" and "The Death of Sardanapalus”
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