Christopher Columbus did four trips across the Atlantic ocean, on his first he 'discovered' the Americas
Period: 1497 to May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail around Africa to Asia
1503
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
Period: 1508 to 1512
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
1509
Desiderius Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly
Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547
Henry the VIII was the king, he broke from Rome and made the Church of England later to become the Angelica Church
1517
Martin Luther wrote the 95 Theses and began Lutheranism
Period: 1519 to 1521
Ferdinand Magellan left Spain in 1519 trying to find a route to the spice islands
1521
Hernando Cortez was a Spanish explorer, with his biggest accomplishment being conquering the Aztecs
1532
Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incan empire
1534
Jacques Cartier was sent to find a new route to Asia and also claimed parts of what is modern day Canada
Aug 15, 1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola founded the Jesuits
1536
John Calvin wrote Institutes of the Christian
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus came up with the Heliocentric model in 1543
Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry the VIII, she was Queen of England and battled the Spanish armada
Period: 1577 to
Francis Drake was an explorer from 1577-1580 and helped to defeat the Spanish armada in 1588
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William Shakespeare was a famous play writer, poet, and actor
Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish writer writer that wrote many things the main being Don Quixote in 1605
Johannes Kepler discovered the laws of planetary motion
Galileo Galilei discovered 4 moons of Jupiter and studied other objects in space
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Charles the first was king of England for 24 years until he was executed for causing a Civil war
William Harvey was the first person to fully describe the circulatory system accurately
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Louis XIV was the king for 72 years during which he built the palace Versailles
In 1651 Charles II took an army trying to invade England but got defeated and exiled until 1660
Thomas Hobbes wrote the Leviathan
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Oliver Cromwell was a strong military leader who was a big part of the defeat of Charles the first, Cromwell then became the dictator for five years until his death
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Peter the great changed Russia so they would be more modern and established them as an important nation
Isaac Newton developed the 3 laws of motion
John Locke wrote The Two Treatises of Government and came up with the three inalenable rights
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William and Mary took over from James the second and began the glorious revolution
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Frederick the great help to increase military power and territories while he was in power
Baron de Montesquie wrote The Spirit of Laws
Voltaire wrote many things but his biggest was Candide
Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote The Social Contract
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Louis XVI was king for 19 years then he was executed
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a strong military leader who then became emperor