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Period: Dec 16, 1390 to
World History
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
Went on to be the founder of the School of Navigation and convince Portugal to explore. -
Jul 17, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emporer
He was born as Zhu Di he was appointed as the prince of Yan. -
Jul 11, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
Zheng He, formerly romanized as Cheng Ho, was a Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China's early Ming Dynasty. -
Sep 13, 1408
Donatello creates his David statue
The comission came from a cathedral in Florence. He painted this one which is just one of the tweleve statues. -
Apr 19, 1439
Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
The Printing Press allowed book to be made in a much shorter amount of time. It increased literary rates dramatically. -
Apr 6, 1453
The Fall of Constantinople
It fell to the Ottomans. It was controlled by the Byzantines. It fell after 1100 years of prosperity and was a large blow to Christendom. -
Oct 19, 1453
The Hundredd Years' War Ends
When Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France. It was a long war. -
May 28, 1488
B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
He found the sourhtern tip of Africa and found an all water route to Asia. -
Jan 2, 1492
Ferdinand and Isabella end war with Muslims
The loss of the Muslims to Ferdinand and Isabella was seen as a great blow to Islam and a triumph of Christianity. -
Oct 12, 1492
C. Columbus spots land in North America
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, citizen of the Republic of Genoa. He found America and thought it was the Indies. He was wrong. -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain and Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
It divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and Spanish Empire. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama lands in India
Da Gama's discovery was significant and opened the way for an age of global imperialism and for the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire in Asia. -
Apr 29, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts. -
Aug 5, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sisine Chapel
It was paid for by Pope Julius II for which it is named and it took him four years to complete it. It still is viewed by people from around the world in Vatican City. -
Dec 19, 1511
Raphael paints School of Athens
It is a Frescoe and one of Raphaels best works. The painting resembled the greates minds and had many famous rennasaince men in the painting. -
Mar 14, 1517
Leonardo Da Vinci starts the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is one of the most highly acclaimed paintings still today. It was not finished by da Vinci for an unknown reason. -
Dec 18, 1517
Martin Luther Posts his 95 Thesis
He posted 95 things that he disagreed with the church. By doing this he started the Protestant Reformation. -
Feb 23, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. -
Period: Mar 4, 1525 to
Chapter 21
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Feb 28, 1532
Machiavelli writes The Prince
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy. -
Nov 16, 1532
F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire. -
Mar 5, 1533
'21' Ivan the Terrible
The first czar meaning caesar. Came to the thrown at age three. He had a good period and a bad period. -
May 28, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He sailed far up the St. Lawrence River in Canada. His explorations enabled France to claim land in Canada. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
Henry the Eight executed his wife. This allows Henry to have a son with Jane Seymour. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward the Sixth under him
Only son of Henry the Eigth Born. The Anglican Church becomes solidified under him. -
Apr 19, 1541
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit Order
Starts own order of Priests. He refocuses the Church on education. -
Jul 19, 1553
Mary becomes Queen
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants caused her opponents to give her the sobriquet "Bloody Mary". -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth becomes Queen
Anglican daughter of Henry becomes Queen. Begins Elizabethen Age. -
Jun 4, 1574
'21' The Dutch Revolt
William of Orange led the Dutch to revolt against the Spanish by flooding their lands and destroying the Spanish in many ways. -
Mar 3, 1580
'21' Philip II becomes king
The most powerful King in Europe at the time. He was also the most hardened and ruled without help from his advisors. -
'21' The Defeat of The Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was the strongest navy in the world at that time. After the English defeated the Spanish, the spot of the most powerful navy was up for grabs. -
Johannes Kepler mathematically proves Copernicus and Brahe
Kepler wrote the first public defense of the Copernican system. This was a dangerous stance, given that in 1539, Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran church, derided the theory when he first heard it. -
English East India Company is founded
It was an English joint-stock company, formed to pursue trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
The States General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia. It is often considered to have been the first multinational corporation in the world and it was the first company to issue stock. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied. The mutineers cast Hudson, his son and 7 others adrift; the Hudsons, and those cast off at their side, were never seen again. -
William Shakespeare dies
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. It was a huge blow to the writing community -
'21' Thirty Years' War
It was a conflict of religion, territory, and power. With two phases: Triumphs of the Hapsburgs and defeats of the Hapsburgs. -
'21' Cardinal Richelieu's Reign
A hard-working cardianal for the Catholic church. He became the ruler of France. Increased the power of the Bourbon monarchy -
'21' Charles I
He always needed money. He wasn't too fair. He would ask money from Parliament and if he didn't get it, he would dissolve Parliament. -
Galileo publsihes Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
It is an Italian-language book by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system. -
Rene Descartes lays out his scientific in Discourse on Method
The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise that is still basically used today. -
'21' English Civil War
The war that lasted seven years was between supporters and opponents of King Charles. The Puritans with Cromwell won and brought Charles to trial for treason. -
'21' Rule of Louis XIV
Louis became king at five years old and didn't begin his rule till he was 23. Louis ruled with splendor and style creating very elaborate homes and others things for himself such as his palace at Versilles. -
Thomas Hobbes publishes Leviathan
The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. -
'21' Charles II
People rejoiced and Charles restored the Monarchy so the time was called the restoration. He passed the law of habeas corpus. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
The Dutch surrendered to the Duke of York after seeing his fleet and didn't fire a shot to protect their land. New York was name after the Duke of York. -
La Salle claims Mississippi river for France
Much of the area that was explored was land that no European had ever ventured into. The expeditions led to the establishment of an overland trade route connecting French colonies in Canada with the French colonies in Louisiana. -
Isaac Newton published Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
The Principles states Newton's laws of motion, forming the foundation of classical mechanics, also Newton's law of universal gravitation, and a derivation of Kepler's laws of planetary motion (which Kepler first obtained empirically). -
John Locke publishes Two Treatises on Government
This is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory. -
'21' Peter the Great
He had the mind of a genius, the body of a giant, and the temper of a bear. He was a very cruel and strong ruler who didn't take any nonsense. He reformed Russia though. -
'21' War of Spanish Succession
The war lasted till 1713. It included England, Austria, Dutch, Portugal, and several German and Italian states against France and Spain. Great Britain was teh bigger winner. -
'21' A new capital
After 21 years of war, Russia finally won their new capital from Sweden. Peter wanted St. Petersburg because it was a window to the world. -
'21' Maria Theresa
Decreased power of nobility. Had 16 children. She was very religious and decresed the labor nobles could force peasants to do. -
Frederick the Great begins his reign in Prussia
He is known for his reorganization of Prussian armies, his patronage of the Arts and the Enlightenment in Prussia, and his final success against great odds in the Seven Years' War. -
'21' Frederick the Great
Attacked Maria and thought he could easily win because she was a girl. Started the Seven Years' War -
Seven Years' War begins
Conflict between Great Britain and France broke out when the British attacked disputed French positions in North America and seized hundreds of French merchant ships. -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
Mary was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. -
The start of the Partition of Poland
The partitions were conducted by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria, which divided up the Commonwealth lands among themselves progressively in the process of territorial seizures. -
Catherine the Great puts down the serf rebellion
The rebellion started shortly after Catherine took power and she put it down after two years. -
British Army and American Militia exchange fire at Lexington, Massachusetts
This marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the Americans lost. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
This is what gave America it's independence and it was signed by many people that are still very well known today. -
Joseph II abolishes serfdom in Austria
He has been ranked, with Catherine II of Russia and Frederick II of Prussia, as one of the three great Enlightenment monarchs. Because of his abolishment of serfdom. -
Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendering marked the end of the revolutionary War with help from the French the Americans won the war. -
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign the Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. -
First Slave revolts in Hispaniola
The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti.
