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Oct 27, 1415
John Hus was burned at the stake for being a dissenter.r
He was killed for opposing the catholic church -
Oct 27, 1453
Ottomans conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul.
This led to the Ottomans becoming a powerhouse in the world. -
Oct 29, 1459
Prince Henry created the school of navigation.
This increased knowlegde of sailing the world. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus First voysge was sponsered by spain to reach Asia
He started the age of exploration. -
Oct 27, 1498
Da Vinci paints the last supper
Leonardo painted it in a church -
Jan 1, 1509
Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly
Played an important role in the reformation. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther wrote the 95 thesis
Martin Luther told what was wrong in the catholic church -
Oct 29, 1519
Cortez conquered the Aztecs.
This led to Spamish rule of the carribean -
Oct 29, 1522
magellan circumnavigated the world.
The first person to go around the world. -
Jan 27, 1534
HenryVIII broke with the catholic church to divorce his wife
He created the church of england -
Oct 31, 1559
Queen Elizabeth became the head of the anglican church
She gave religious freedom -
Oct 29, 1563
Roman catholics met at the Council of Trent
The reformation of the catholics. -
Francis Drake defeated the spanish armada
English forces defeated after is was hurt by a storm. -
Copernicus created the heliocentric theory.
Earth and the planets revolve around the sun. -
Slaves were shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the American
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The thirty years war was fought in northern England
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Peter the Great westernized Russia
He made Russia a much more modern and better country -
Louis XIV revoked the Eddic of Nantes
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William and Mary ruled England after the Glorious Revolution.
They kicked James II out of the throne.
