-
Apr 30, 1415
Hohenzollern dynasty comes to rule Brandenburg in Northern Germany
first one is Fredrick I, the great electorate. -
Jul 6, 1415
John Hus burned at the stake
Takes place in Bohemia. Establishes religous discontent in the region. It becomes prone to an anti-catholic sentiment -
Apr 22, 1417
Great Schism ends
actual date of end is not certian -
Apr 22, 1419
Prince Henry founds a navigation school in Portugal
Also called Henrgy the Navigator. No exact date for the founding of the school -
Period: Apr 22, 1424 to Apr 22, 1494
Medici's rule Florence
Creation of the Medici Bank allows this control. -
Apr 23, 1438
After this point the Habsburgs control the HRE
they are the largest landowners in the empires. Voted into power by a camber of 7 families. This is Fredrick III's reign -
Period: Apr 23, 1450 to Apr 23, 1485
War of the Roses
between the house of Lancaster (red rose) and the house of York (white rose). Henry Tudor defeats the last Yorkish King -
Apr 2, 1453
The end of the Byzantine Empire
after the Ottomans take Constantinople. The image is of the seige of Constantinople done in the 15th century in France. -
Period: Oct 28, 1466 to Jul 12, 1536
Erasmus
Christian humanist -
Apr 22, 1469
Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Catile and unify Spain
-
Aug 22, 1485
Henry Tudor defeats King Richard III to est. the Tudor Dynasty
-
Apr 22, 1492
Muslims are finally kicked out of Spain
-
Period: Aug 11, 1492 to Aug 18, 1503
Alexander VI: Borgia pope
-
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus "discovers" the New World
-
Jun 4, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas splits the New World
between Spain and Portugal -
May 10, 1497
The Oratory of Divine Love calls for church reform
consists of Fransicans, Dominacans, and Ausgustinians. -
May 18, 1498
Visco Da Gama reaches Calicut, India
-
Apr 22, 1503
Erasmus publishes "The Handbook of the Christian Knight"
-
Period: Apr 22, 1508 to Apr 22, 1512
Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel
-
Feb 3, 1509
Portugal defeats Indian and Turkish fleet off the coast of India
Called the battle of Diu -
Apr 22, 1510
Raphael paints the School of Athens
-
Period: Mar 9, 1513 to Mar 11, 1521
Leo X: Pope and Lorenzo de Medici's son
became pope at age 37 -
Apr 22, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
-
Apr 22, 1514
1st Portuguese ship off the coast of China
-
Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Mar 31, 1547
Francis I rules France
is HRE Charles V main rival -
May 10, 1516
Thomas More publishes "Utopia"
It argues for an orderly world, where everyone is paid by their need. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther nails his "Ninety-Five Theses" to Wittenberg Church
-
Period: Jun 28, 1519 to Feb 22, 1556
Charles V is Holy Roman Emperor
he rules over Spain, Habsburg lands, Bohemia, Hungary, Naples and the low countries -
Jul 10, 1519
Leipzig Debate between Luther and Eck
-
May 10, 1520
In Sweden Christian II is overthrown by Gustavus Vasa
aided by swedish barons -
Period: May 10, 1521 to May 10, 1544
Habsburg Valois Wars
intermidatently during this period -
May 25, 1521
Edict of Worms is issused by Charles V
questioning Martin Luther's intentions -
Aug 13, 1521
Cortes conquers the Aztecs
-
Aug 28, 1521
Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire
-
Nov 6, 1521
Magellan circumnavigates the world
-
Jan 3, 1523
Zwingli's religous debate in front of the city council, naming him the winner
-
Jun 6, 1523
Vasa establishes an independent Sweden
the country is Lutheran -
May 6, 1527
Charles V army sacks Rome
this is done because the pope supported Francis I in the Second Habsburg Valois War -
May 10, 1530
Diet of Augsburg
demads that Luther return to the Catholic Church -
Dec 3, 1533
Ivan the Terrible becomes the 1st Tsar of Russia
created an empire -
Jan 5, 1534
Anabaptists have taken over Munster
-
Apr 22, 1534
Act of Supremacy creates the Church of England
-
Jan 18, 1535
Pizzaro Conquers the Incan Empire
-
Jun 24, 1535
Catholic and Lutheran Army reclaims Munster
-
Apr 22, 1536
Calvin publshes the Institutes of Christan Religon beginning Calvinism
-
Sep 27, 1540
Jesuits founded
leadership of Ignatius Loyola. The order was confirmed by the pope on this day -
Apr 22, 1542
Spain abolishes the ecomieda system
-
Apr 22, 1543
Portuguese traders arrive in Japan
-
Apr 22, 1543
Besalius publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body
-
May 10, 1543
"On the Fabric of the Human Body"
published by Vesalius -
May 22, 1543
Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres
-
Apr 22, 1545
Council of Trent
answers issues raised by the protestant reformation. Key to the Catholic or Counter-Reformation -
Sep 25, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
Princes of Germany can choose to be Lutheran or Catholic -
Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Queen Elizabeth I rule in England
-
May 10, 1559
Second Act of Supremacy is passed under Elizabeth I
-
Period: Mar 22, 1562 to
French Wars of Religon
Ends with the Edict of Nantes -
Period: Apr 26, 1564 to
Shakespeare
-
Aug 22, 1566
Netherlands revolt against Spain
this is driven by the religous differences between Catholic Spain and Calvinist Netherlands -
Apr 22, 1569
Official unification of Poland and Lithuania under the Jagiello Dynasty
-
Oct 7, 1571
Spanish forces defeat the Turkish fleet at Lepanto
-
Nov 8, 1581
William of Orange unifies the Netherlands
this is accomplished ath the Pacification of Ghent -
Britian defeats the Spanish Armada
rise of Britian internationally, and the decline of Spain -
Phillip II goes bankrupt in Spain
-
Dutch East India Company est. bases abroad
-
Period: to
Rembrandt
golden age of dutch realism -
Phillip III goes bankrupt in Spain
-
Hohenzollerns inherit the duchy of Prussia
-
Jamestown is founded
-
1st Romanov Tsar of Russia
Michael Romanov -
Period: to
Charles I rules England
Ignores Parliment, after the English Civil War he is excuted -
Harvey publishes "On the Motion of the Heart and Blood"
William Harvey -
Petition of Rights passed by Parliment in England
-
Edict of Restitution by Ferdinand II prohibts the practice of Calvinism in the HRE
-
Galileo publishes Dialogue on the Two Cheif Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican
-
Japan begins isolation
-
Dutch seize Malacca from the Portuguese
-
Period: to
King Louis XIV rules France (Sun King)
-
Period: to
English Civil War
Parliment against the crown. Ends in radicals excuting Charles I -
Peace of Westphalia recognizeds Dutch independence and ends the Thirty Years War
-
Period: to
Cromwell becomes the Calvinist dicator of England
-
Bloodless Revolution in Denmark
-
Absolutist constitutional monarchy founded in Denmark
-
Decleration of Indulgence
some religous freedom in Great Britian -
Turks attempt to siege Vienna
-
Edict of Fontainebleau revokes the Edict of Nantes
FRANCE IS CATHOLIC, Louis XIV -
Newton writes his Principia
about the basics of gravity -
Period: to
War of the League of Ausburg
Calvinist now want to practice their religon in the HRE -
William and Mary get the British throne and sign the Bill of Rights
-
Locke writes Essay Concerning Human Understanding
everything is known from the environment -
Bank of England is founded
-
Period: to
War of Spanish Sucession
Great Britian gains the slave trade, and the strait of Gerbralter -
Treaty of Utrechts ends Spains empire
-
German rulers of Hannover offered the throne of England
-
Voltaire: "Philosophic Letters on the English"
-
Period: to
Fredrick II rules Prussia
reform minded, fights Austria -
Period: to
Maria Theresa rules Austria
Queen fights Prussia -
Period: to
War of Austrian Succession
between Prussia and Austria over Silesia in Austria -
Period: to
Seven Years War
Could be considered the first world war. Leads to the US, and gives Britian huge power around the globe. -
Battle of Plassey
British Troops defeat the Indian Mughal Army -
Period: to
William Pitt the Elder is PM in England
Imperialistic nature -
Rousseau writes The Social Contract
-
Period: to
Catherine II the Great rules Russia
-
Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji
allows Russia to protect orthodox jews in the ottoman empire -
Adam Smith writes Wealth of Nations
-
Period: to
Austrian King Joseph II
reform minded. ends up abolishing serfdom -
last burning of a heritic takes place
-
Russia seizes Crimea
-
Period: to
French Revolution
Tennis Court Oath starts it ends with Napoleon being made Emperor of France -
Decleration of Pillnitz
Emperor Leopold II of Austria and Fredrick William II of Prussia condem the French Revolution -
"Vindication of the Rights of Women published"
written by Mary Wollstonecraft. -
Poland ceases to exist
-
Period: to
Alexander I rules Russia
-
Congress of Vienna
ensuring peace after Napoleon -
Quadruple Alliance is formed
Between Russia, Prussia, and Austria -
Corn Laws imposed in Great Britian
imposed high tarrifs on foreign grain -
Bourbon monarch is restored in France
-
Greece gains its independence
-
Belgians form their own constitiutional monarchy
overthroughing the Dutch leadership -
Period: to
Louis-Philippe rules France
called the bourgeois monarch -
July Revolution in France
kicking out Charles Z and Louis-Phillippe becomes the Constitutional King -
Revolutionary uprising in Italy
-
Reform Act of 1832
gave new representation in parliment to new growing towns and cities -
Poor Law Act of 1834
forces the poor to live in workhouses in Britian -
Irish Potato famine beigns
huge Irish migration to America -
Hungrian uprising
against the Austrian leadership -
Corn Law in England is abandoned
-
Frankfurt Assembly
Argues for the unification of Germany. However there is discusssion whether it will be Austrian or Prussian led. -
Italian states revolt against Austria
-
Czech revolt is supressed
-
New republic est. by President Napoleon
-
Britain's Great Exhibition
The world's first Industrial Fair -
Period: to
Crimean War
Russia versus the crumbling Ottoman Empire, England and France. Ends with the Treaty of Paris -
Commodore Perry reopens Japan
-
Emanicipation Edict in Russia frees the serfs
Alexander II -
Period: to
American Civil War
-
Period: to
Mexican Adventure by France
ends in Maximillian's excution by mexican nationalist -
Period: to
Bismarck is the Prime Minister of Prussia and then Germany
creates the Bismarck System of government. Leads to the founding of Germany, and isolates France. -
Reform Act of 1867 in Britian
lowers the monetary requirments to vote -
Redistribution Act in Britian
more equal representation between counties and burrows -
Education Act of 1870 in Britain
education more readily available to the lower classes -
Period: to
Franco-Prussian War
Ends with the Second German Empire and a smaller France -
Constitution of 1875 est. a new French government
the 3rd Republic of France is born -
Period: to
Boxer Rebellion in China
shows the growing discontent with foreigners in China -
Theory of Relativity published by Einstein
-
Model T
-
Period: to
1st and 2nd Balkans' War
ends with Serbia unable to gain independence -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated
brings about world war I -
Period: to
WWI
offically begins with Germany declaring war on Russia and ends with the Armastice -
Minimum wage for women in the textile industry in France
-
Period: to
March Revolution in Russia
ends the rule of the Tzar in russia -
Treaty of Versailles is signed
sets the stage for WWII -
Mussolini is named prime minister of Italy
-
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
done while he is in jail for attempted arson -
Lenin dies
-
Mussolini establishes a dicatorship in Italy
-
BBC established in Britian
essential to Britians propaganda through radio and tv -
Nazis devolop an offical party structure
-
Period: to
FDR Is president
-
Hitler becomes the dictator of Germany
voted in by the parliment of Germany -
Kristallnacht
-
Period: to
WWI
-
National Insurance Act and National Health Service Act passed
Britian beginning of the social welfare era -
Period: to
First Vietnam War with France
ends with the Geneva conference and France withdrawing -
Italy becomes a democratic repulbic
the monarchy is abolished. Itally is thrown into turmoil -
NATO is formed
the US side for the Cold WAR -
West Germany government is formed
-
USSR detonates their first atomic bomb
-
Period: to
Korean War
-
European Economic Community is created
using the Rome Treaty. will eventually become the EU -
Sputnik
begining of the space race -
Period: to
Berlin Wall
-
Cuban Missle Crisis
-
Direct rule of Ireland is established
increases terrorism on the island -
Period: to
Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister of the UK
-
Period: to
Reagan's Presidency
-
Falklands War
conflict between Argentina and Britian of an island in the Atlantic -
Gorbachev is made Party Secretary
key to the end of the USSR -
Germany is unified
-
Anti-tax riots kick Thatcher out of office
-
Soviet Union ceases to exist
-
Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia
begun by Serbia -
Ten natioins join the EU
