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Apr 12, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is born
He was the third son born to King João of Portugal. His proper name is Infante Dom Henrique. -
Period: Apr 12, 1394 to
Chapter 19-20
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Jul 17, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
He was originally the Prince of Yan. His older brother took the throne after his father died and his nephew then took over and began killing power uncles. Yonglo then fought back and took over the empires. -
Jul 11, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
He had a fleet of 317 ships and 28,000 men they departed from Suzhou. -
Dec 27, 1408
Donatello creates his David statue
He actually made three sculptures of David two of which were clothed. The first was started in 1408 and finished in 1409. The second was left unfinished, and the third was created in 1439. -
Period: Dec 27, 1408 to
Chapter 17
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May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
Constantinople fell after a siege by 21 year old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. Constantinople was prosperous for 935 years. -
Oct 19, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
Bordeaux surrendered to the French and left Calais and his army as the last in France. -
Jan 15, 1455
Johann Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
He creates his idea by using wine presses as a template. -
Feb 3, 1488
B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
They were nearing the tip when a storm came over them. Dias said to turn 28 degrees to the south to most likely avoid crashing into the rocky shores (knowing this from to previous trips). Luckily Dias' prediction was right and they spotted land 300 miles to the east of Cape of Good Hope. -
Feb 14, 1492
Ferdinand & Isabella end war with Muslims
They defeated the Emirate of Granada starting in 1482 and ending in 1492. -
Oct 12, 1492
C. Columbus spots land in North America
In the early hours the cry came of "Land! Land!" By dawn he and his crew were ashore. He called the first inhabitants he met "Indians." Although he was in the Americas. -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain & Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty settled disputes over who discovered the new land first. -
May 4, 1498
Vasco da Gama lands in India
He left the Lisbon, Portugal port in July of 1497. With the help of an African Native that he met he sailed across the Indian Ocean. -
May 13, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
When he returned he claimed that the new land was not part of Asia. In 1507 a german map maker named the new continent America in honor of Vespucci. -
May 20, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci starts the Mona Lisa
He worked on this painting until he died always making changes to it -
May 10, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
He had to paint while on his back in uncomfortable conditions. -
Jun 29, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
He finished his painting sometime in 1510. -
May 27, 1513
Nicolaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement
He studied more than 60 regestered times throught his lifetime. -
Period: May 27, 1513 to
Ch. 22
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Jun 23, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
The printed version of the book wasn't published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli died. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 Thesis
His Thesis stated things that were either wrong with or in the church. -
Feb 22, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
As he was exploring he over threw the Aztec empire, and claimed the land for Spain. -
Apr 4, 1522
First slave revolts in Hispaniola
About 20 slaves attacked and killed several Spanish colonists. -
May 21, 1527
King Philip II of Spain is Born
His father, King Charles V, gave him the territories of Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the American when he died. Philip claimed 1/5 to 1/4 of every ship load of treasure as his royal share. -
Period: May 21, 1527 to
Chapter 21
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Nov 16, 1532
F. Pizarro meets Atahualpa
He captured Atahualpa and demanded that he got gold and silver for his relase. When he got his ransom he killed Atahualpa. -
May 10, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He explored Newfoundland, the now Canadian Atlantic, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. -
Aug 15, 1534
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
He and six others from the University of Paris formed the group together, but Ignatius was the leader. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
She was the second wife of King Henry VIII. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
He was crowned king at the age of nine. -
Jan 16, 1547
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) crowned czar of Russia
He was a brutal ruler and killed his own son thinking that he was going to kill him. -
Oct 1, 1553
Mary I becomes Queen
She was the only child to be born of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon to survive childhood. She is often called "Bloody Mary" because of all of her religious persecutions. -
Jan 15, 1559
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
Elizabeth I was the only child born to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. -
Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Started in Paris and sparked a six-week, nationwide slaughter of Hugenots. -
Nov 19, 1581
Ivan the Terrible kills his son
He killed his son by striking him with a fatal blow to the head. -
Spanish Navy Defeated
King Philip II of Spain sent about 130 ships carrying 19,000 soldiers. England was ready however and bombarded the Spanish Armada with their heavier longer range cannons. -
English East India is founded
Traded for silk, indigo dye, cotton, opium, salt, saltpetre, and tea. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
It was the first permanent Dutch trading post establiished in Banten, West Java. -
Miguel de Cervantes writes Don Quijote de la Mancha
Is a two part book, the first book tells of Don Quijote's expeditions, and the second about the theme and deception and is more serious and philosophical. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
Hudson and his teen age son, and seven other crew members were set adrift in a shallop (open boat) with miscellaneous items. -
William Shakespeare Dies
According to a journal entry by John Ward, says that the night before Shakespeare drank too heavily and died of fever. -
Begining of Thirty Years War
It began with a conflict over religion, territory, and power among Eurpoean ruling families. -
Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse on Method
The most famous quote from the book is (translated to english) "I think, therefore I am." -
Louis XIV takes the throne of France
He was the king behind the palace of Versailles. -
Frederick William named the great elector of Brandenburg
Decided that having a strong army was the only way to ensure safety. -
Peace of Westphalia
Ended the Thirty Years War. -
Cromwell lands in Ireland and crushes the uprising
The war, famine, and plague killed an estimated 616,000 Irish people. The lands and homes of the Irish were taken and given to the English soldiers. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
The English thought of New Netherland as a "Dutch wedge" seperating northern and southern colonies. The Dutch surrendered to the Duke of York without firing a shot. -
The London Fire
Disastrous fire broke out and tore through the city of London. All buildings including churches, homes, and shops were all ablaze. In the end it destroyed 13,000 homes, 87 parishes and St. Paul's Cathedral. -
Habeas Corpus
Gave all prisoners the right to obtain a writ or document saying that the prisoner have a fair trial. -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for France
He and a group of men set out from Montreal and traveled to the Mississippi River and claimed all the land along the river for France. -
Peter I (Peter the Great) crowned czar of Russia
He extremly tall, short tempered and very smart. -
Versailles is finished
Versailles is one of the largest palaces in the world today. -
Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
It is one of the most important books ever written. The universe he described was like a giant clock. All parts worked together perfectly in ways expressed mathemetically. He believed that God was the creator of the orderly universe, the clockmaker who set it in motion. -
John Locke justifies rebellion in Two Treatises on Government
The printing company added a title page and Locke was unhappy with the adition. The company aslo made so many errors that Locke constantly complained to them. -
Gabriel Fahrenheit makes the first mercury-in-glass thermometer
His thermometer showed water freezing at 32 degrees. -
Anders Celsius creates his scale for measuring temperature
His scale showed water freezing at 0 degrees. -
Baron von Montesquieu purposed separation of power in On the Spirit of Laws
Published in English two years later. -
Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
He thought it would only take a few years to do this but is still an on going process. -
Seven Years' War begins
It involved most of the major powers of the time. -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
English writer, philosopher, and womens rights activist. -
Cesare Baccaria writes against torture in On Crimes and Punishment
He was writing it for two years. -
Boston Tea Party
An act against British taxation without representation. -
British Army and American Militia exchange fire at Lexington, Massachusetts
Part of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
It was drafted for 17 days and then signed. -
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign the Constitution
The convention convened for five months. -
Beethoven Dies
He is a world known musician.
