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Jan 1, 1350
Renaissance Begins
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Oct 17, 1419
prince henry founded navigation school in portugal
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May 29, 1453
Byzatine capital of Constantinople conquered and renamed istanbul by the muslim ottomans
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Oct 17, 1492
columbus first voyage
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Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Aug 13, 1521
cortez conquers the aztecs
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Oct 17, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the inca
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Dec 17, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory
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Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion
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Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory
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William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
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Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
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Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan
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Taj Mahal built
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The restoration of Charles II
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Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles
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law isaac Newton formulated gravity.
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Glorious Revolution (William & Mary)
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English Bill of Rights of 1689
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John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government:
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Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
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Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract
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Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
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The American colonies win independence from England
