End of First 9 weeks timeline assignment

The Renaissance

Sep 19, 1300

Altough there is not a clear date to the start of the Renaissance everyone knows what it is. The Renaissance gave us some of our greatest inventtions and painters. It gave us the prenting press and the ninja turtles.

Prince Henry School Founded

Sep 19, 1418

Also known as Prince Henry the navigator, he founded a universiety just for oceanography and the art of naviagation. There they trained explorers and conquistadors how to navigate and sail better.

Fall of Constantinople

Mar 29, 1453

The Ottoman Empire attacks the eastern capital of the Byzantine Empre known as Constantinople

Columbus Discovers America

Aug 3, 1492

Christopher Columbus is the most famous explorer in history. He is acredited for the discovery of America or the new world. He didnt actually land in America he land in Espanola modern day cuba. He had thought he had landed in India so he called the natives there Indians

Treaty of Tordasillas

Jun 17, 1494

The treat of Tordasillas is the agreement bwtween spain and Portugal that settle the conflicts of the land that would be discovered by Christopher Columbus.

Vasco Degama sails around Africa

Sep 19, 1497

5 years after Christopher Columbus discovered the new world, Vasco de Gama tried to find the quickest route around Africa. He was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

Peak of Ottoman Empire

Nov 16, 1500

The century that followed the rule of Mehmed was the golden age or height of the empire by improving welth and industrializing their empire

Mona Lisa Finished

Sep 19, 1507

The Mona lisa is a famous painting by Leonardo de Vinci. It has been stolen several times and has been sitting in the Lourve since 1797.

Erasmus "the praise of folly"

Sep 19, 1509

The praise of folly is a peace of work written by erasmus. Erasmus was a famous play and essay writer.

Martin luthers 95 theses

Oct 31, 1517

Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses and posted in on a chapel in Germany. It stated all the things that he though was wrong with the catholic church

Magellan Circumnavigates the Globe

Sep 19, 1519

Ferdinand Magellan is the first person ever to circumnavigate the globe. Although he is the one known for sailing his fleet all the way around he actually died halfway through the journey.

Cortez conquering the incas

Sep 19, 1521

Cortez is a spanish conquistadors that sailed from modern day cuba to mainland mexico to the Yucatan peninsula and captured the Aztech empire

Start of the Mughal Empire

Jan 1, 1526

The Mughal empire is an Islamic relgion based empire that is based in the Asian subcontinent of northern India

Pizarro Conquered the incas

Nov 15, 1532

Fransico Pizarro is famous for sailing to Peru and the conquering the Incan empire.

Copernicus Heliocentric point of view

Nov 16, 1543

Copernicus was the first scientist known to supoort the helio centric theory. this theory states that the earth is not in the center of the universe but is going around the sun.

Council Trent

Nov 17, 1545

this begins the protestant reformation. Pope paul called a council of trent.

tobacco introduced in europe

Sep 19, 1571

It was first introduced when the natives gave christopher columbus a welcome gift and he later brought some back to europe

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Jul 29, 1588

The Armada was defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. Spains armada was supposed to be invinceble

shakespeares julius ceasar

Sep 21, 1599

Shakespeares julius ceasar is a play written by shakespeare about the final days of julius's life. Julius was killed by the senate as they feared he would take over.

gailleous first telescope

Sep 19, 1609

Gaeilleous made his first telescope in the design of other european telecopes. His telescope could magnify things up to 3 times than the human eye

descarte discourse on method

Sep 19, 1637

The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical treatise published by Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences.

Taj Mahal Finished

Sep 19, 1648

The taj majal is one of the seven wonders of the world. It is built along the yumana river in india. It is a symbol of indias power.

30 years war

Oct 24, 1648

the thirty years war was fought between many European nations. It was ended by the treaty of westphalia and changed the power in Europe.

Newtons first law of gravity

Sep 19, 1686

sir isaac newton was a famous scientist known for founding laws of motion and graivty. his first one he found while sitting under an apple tree.

the beginning of the anglican church

Sep 19, 1867

The anglican church was founded by king henry. The anglican church is a denomination of the catholic church. It was created so the king could divorce his wifes.