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Oct 29, 1415
John Huss was burned at the stake for being of the Catholic Church
Plays role in the starting the Reformation -
Oct 31, 1419
Prince Henry founded the school navigation
Teaches people how to navigate with compasses and other tools -
Oct 31, 1450
Horses and Cattle were shipped along the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade to the Americas
Brings new transportation and food to the Americas -
Oct 31, 1450
Gutenburg invented the printing press
Allowed information to be spread out and read by anyone -
Oct 29, 1453
Ottomans conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul
Conquer the Byzantine Empire making it muslim -
Oct 29, 1492
Columbus' first voyage was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia
Opens colonization of the Americas, linkiing the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western -
Oct 31, 1497
Da Gama establishes trade with India for the Portuguese
Established trade with india for Portuguese -
Oct 29, 1498
Da vinci painted The Last Supper
Part of the renaissance -
Oct 29, 1509
Erasmus writes the Praise of Folly
Reforming of the church -
Oct 29, 1517
Martin Luther wrote the 95 thesis
Martin Luther starts the protestant reformation by writing the 95 thesis -
Oct 29, 1519
Cortez the Navigator and his forces conquered the Aztec
Conquered more land for Spain -
Oct 31, 1519
Mallegan becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world
First person to sail around the world -
Oct 29, 1532
Pizarro conquers the Incas
Conquering more of South America -
Oct 29, 1533
Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in Rome and divorced his wife
Henry VIII becomes the first person to divorce someone and became head of the Church -
Oct 31, 1533
Copernicus created the Heliocentric theory
Made theory that said Sun was at the center of solar system -
Oct 31, 1534
Henry VIII becomes of the head of the Anglician Church
Takes control of church land gaining more power -
Oct 31, 1534
Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River and Montreal leading the French Claim to Canada
Helped France claim land and colonize Canada -
Oct 31, 1534
The Jesuits were created during the Catholic Reformation
Followers of Jesus created during Catholic Reformation -
Oct 31, 1536
John Calvin beliefs establishes Predestination
Belief that god has already chose your destiny -
Oct 29, 1545
Followers of Catholic met at the Council of Trent
Catholic invite Protestant to discuss issues, but Protestant does not show -
Oct 31, 1571
Kepler discovers planetary motion
Say the orbits are eclispes of the sun -
Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada
England demonstrates strength and maintains religion -
Galileo used his telescope to prove the heliocentric theory
Proves heliocentric theory -
The Thirty Years war was fought in Germany
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Cromwell wins the English Civil War and executes Charles I
Takes control of England, being to the first to execute a royal publicily -
William Harvey studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system
Helped us understand the human body more -
Peter the Great westernized Russia
Catches Russia up to the western empires -
Louis XIV builds the Palace of Versailes
Forces nobles to live with him and gains more power -
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes
Makes everyone follow Catholic Faith -
William and Mary rule England after the Glorious Revolution
Rule after James II is removed from the throne -
John Locke wrote the Two Treaties on Government
Stated the false principles of of Sir Robert Filmer -
Montespuieu writes the Spirit of Laws
Meaning of laws -
Rousseau writes the Social Contract
