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Period: 1394 to 1460
Prince Henry of Portugal
Prince of Portugal -
1439
Johannes Gutenberg
Invented movable type printing press. -
1455
Johannes Gutenberg
Used the printing press to print copies of the Bible -
1492
Christopher Columbus
He sailed to the New World instead of the East Indies. -
1495
Leonardo da vinci
Painted the Last supper -
1499
Vasco da Gama
He discovered a sea route to India from Europe. -
1503
Leonardo da vinci
Painted the Mona Lisa. -
1504
Michelangelo
Sculpted statue of David. -
1509
Desiderius Erasmus
Wrote “The Praise of Folly” -
1509
Henry VIII
Become a king of England. -
1512
Michelangelo
Painted the Sistine chapel. -
1513
Francisco Pizarro
He crossed Panama from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean -
1517
Martin Luther
Wrote the 95 Theses. -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
A Portuguese explorer in the Spanish exploration. -
Period: 1519 to 1521
Hernan Cortes
He brought Mexico under Spanish rule. -
1530
John Calvin
Broke from the Catholic Church -
1532
Nicolaus Copernicus
He discovered that the sun is the center of the universe and the earth moves around the sun (heliocentrism). -
1534
Henry VIII
He started the Anglican Church -
Period: 1534 to 1542
Jacques Cartier
He claimed Canada for France and made 3 trips. -
1536
John Calvin
Published the first edition of his Institutio Christianae Religionis or institutes of The Christian Religion. -
1539
St.Ignatius de Loyola
Founded the Jesuits order. -
1558
Elizabeth I
Become a queen of England. -
1577
Francis Drake
He is known for the second circumnavigation. -
Francis Drake
He was second- command on the English fleet in the battle against the spanish armada. -
William Shakespeare
Wrote “Romeo and Juliet”. -
Johannes Kepler
He made a model of the solar system. -
William Shakespeare
Wrote “Hamlet”. -
Miguel de Cervantes
Published “Don Quixote”. -
William Shakespeare
Wrote the sonnet 18. -
Galileo Galilei
He developed a new telescope to help him discover new moons and planets. -
William Harvey
Doctor known for describing the circulation of blood in the body by the heart around. -
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Charles I
He was the king of England, Ireland, and Scotland. -
William Harvey
Published "Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood of Animals". -
Louis XIV
He became King of France. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
He published “The Social Contract”. -
Thomas Hobbes
He wrote “Leviathan”. -
Period: to
Oliver Cromwell
He was Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He wanted King Charles I killed. -
Period: to
Charles II
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685. -
Period: to
Peter the Great
He was the czar of Russia and the Emperor of Russia. -
Isaac Newton
Developed the theory of gravity. -
William and Mary
They became king and queen of England during the Glorious Revolution. -
John Locke
He had the idea that the mind is a blank slate at birth (tabula rasa). -
Period: to
Frederick the Great
He was King of Prussia for 46 years. -
Baron De Montesquieu
Known for his political theory on the separation of powers. -
Voltaire
He wrote “Candide”. -
Period: to
Louis XVI
He was King of France from 1774 to 1791. -
Period: to
Napoleon Bonaparte
He was emperor of France. -
Eugene Delacroix
He painted “Liberty Leading the People”.
