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World History Timelime

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  • Oct 27, 1415

    John Huss was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic Church.

    He initiated a reform movement based on idea of John Wycliff.
  • Oct 29, 1418

    Prince Henry found the school of navigation

    It was the first school where you could be trained in navigation and map making.
  • Oct 29, 1450

    Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passafe of the Triangular Trade to the Americas

    This started the act of slavery and the buying/selling of people for items. The triangular trade started the trade of agricultural products and slaves from Africa, Americas, and England
  • Oct 31, 1450

    Gutenburg invented the printing press

    This helped spread knowledge and religion.
  • Oct 27, 1453

    The Ottomans conquered Instanbul and renamed it Constantinople.

    Ottoman empire emerged as a political and economical powerhouse.
  • Oct 27, 1492

    Christopher Columbus' first voyage was sponsered by Spain to sail west and reach Asia

    He found the Americas and opened the way for colonization.
  • Oct 31, 1497

    Vasco da Gama established trade with India for the Portuguese

    Portugese were able to trade goods with India.
  • Oct 27, 1498

    Leonardo Di Vinci painted the Last Supper

    The style of art during the Ranissance was a new style that included perspective.
  • Oct 27, 1509

    Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly.

    It is a very important example of Renaissance Humanism.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther wrote the 95 Thesis.

    The 95 Thesis started the Protestant Reformation.
  • Oct 29, 1519

    Cortes the Navigator and his forces conquered the Aztec empire

    Aztec Empire was destroyed, but this led to colonization.
  • Oct 29, 1522

    Magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate around the world

    This led other people to want to sail and possible colonize around the world.
  • Oct 29, 1532

    Pizzaro conquered the Incas

    The Inca culture was destroyed because of European diseases and war.
  • Oct 27, 1534

    King Henry VIII broke from Catholic Church in Rome and divorced his wife.

    This was important because it dismissed the pope's authority.
  • Oct 31, 1534

    Jacques Cartier ecplored the St. Lawrence River and Montreal leading the French Claim to Canada

    He colonized the French and opened more trading routes.
  • Oct 31, 1534

    The Jesuits were created during the

    Helped aid in the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
  • Oct 31, 1538

    John Calvin beliefs established the idea of predestination

    It was an example of modern thinking.
  • Oct 29, 1543

    Copernicus created the heliocentric theory

    This gave the idea that the Sun was the center of the solar system, not the Earth.
  • Oct 29, 1545

    Followers of the Roman Catholic Church met at the Council of Trent

    The Council of Trent played an important part in the Catholic Reformation.

  • Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada

    Defeating the Spanish Armada allowed English from being converted back to Catholocism.

  • Queen Elizabeth I became head of Anglican Church

    The Act of Supremacy passed, giving the leader more power then the church.

  • Galileo Galilei

    He proved the theory that all the planets revolve around the Sun.

  • Kepler discovers planetary motion

    He correctly defined the orbits of the planets.

  • William Harvey studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system

    He created the first accurate theory on bodily systems and provided knowledge of those systems to others.

  • Thirty Years Way was fought in Germany

    This caused a shift in power from Rome and religion to more secular-based nations.

  • Oliver Cromwell wins the English Civil war and executes Charles I

    This si the first time a king had been publicly trialed and executed like an average person.

  • King Louis XIV builds the Palace of Versialles

    This becomes a symbol of his absolute power.

  • Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nates

    This caused the Hugoenots to leave France. Hugoenots were very important in business.

  • William and Mary rule England after Glorious Revolution

    William and Mary's English Bill of Rights influenced the Americasto go against King James II.

  • John Locke wrote Two Treaties on Government

    It changed people's views.

  • Peter the Great westernized Russia

    He changes eastern culture.

  • Montesquieu writes the Spirit of Laws

    It was a treatise on political theory and it influenced other people's works.

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes the Social Contract

    It is a thoery that allows people to question the origin of political legitimacy.