BIG events of world history II

  • Oct 31, 1384

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    Joh wycliffe was burned at the steak
  • Oct 31, 1450

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    jonannes Gutanberg invented the printing press
  • Oct 31, 1473

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    Copernicus creates the helocentric theory, stating the sun is the center of the universe
  • Oct 31, 1492

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    Christopher Colombus was sponsered by spain to sail west to reach Asia
  • Oct 31, 1492

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    the ottoman empire conqured istanbul and renamed it constantanople
  • Oct 31, 1497

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    Vasco D Gama establishes trade in india for the portuguse
  • Oct 27, 1498

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    divinci painted the last supper
  • Oct 27, 1517

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    martin luther nails 95 thesis
  • Oct 31, 1519

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    Hernan Cortés conquered the aztex empire
  • Oct 31, 1519

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    ferdinand magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world
  • Oct 27, 1530

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    King henry the thirteenth broke the catholic church and divorced his wife
  • Oct 31, 1535

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    Jacques Cartier explored the saint lawrence river and montreal leading the french claim to canada
  • Oct 31, 1551

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    Followers of catholics met at the council of trent
  • Oct 31, 1558

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    Queen Elizabeth become the head of the anglican church
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    Queen elizabeth defeated the spanish armada
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    African slaves were shipped along the middle pasage of the triangular trade to the Americas
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    John Calvin Beliefs established the idea of predestination
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    Gallileo uses his telescope to prove the helocentric theory correct
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    Willian Harvey studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system
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    the 30 year war ended in Germany
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    peter the great westernized europe
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    Louis XIV builds the palace of Versailles
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    llouis XIV revoked the edict of Nantes which gave huganots freedom of religion in france
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    the jersuits were created during the counsol of trent