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Period: Nov 17, 1300 to
The renaissance
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"The Renaissance* means "New Birth* it was a time of rebirth for literature and arts -
Nov 13, 1418
Start of Prince Henry's navigation school
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A school made to train for nagivation, map-making, and science, in order to sail down the west of Africa. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of constantinople
The capital of the Roman empire that was taken down by ottoman empire -
Period: Nov 1, 1481 to Nov 1, 1566
Peak of the Ottoman Empire
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The peak of the ottoman empire beacuse of domination of southeastern Europe and the Middle East -
Oct 15, 1492
Tobacco is first introduced to europe
Christopher colombus is first offered it from the american Indians and then brought it back to Euope -
Nov 13, 1492
Columbus discovers america
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Columbus arrives in the carribean -
Jun 7, 1494
The treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty that moved the line between the Portuguese and Spanish -
Jul 7, 1497
Vasco de gama arrives in India
Vasco de Gama is the first to find a water route around the tip of Afrfica -
Nov 17, 1511
Praise of Folly is first published
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The praise of Folly is an essay written by Erasmus -
Oct 31, 1517
95 theses
Martin Luther nails a copy of things that he thinks were wrong with the catholic church on the church door -
Nov 13, 1517
Mona Lisa finished
Portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. -
Aug 13, 1521
Cortes conquers the aztecs
Cortes and his men destroy the aztec civilization and claim it theirs. -
Sep 6, 1522
Magellan circumnavigates the world
Magallen died along the journey, but his men finish in his name, -
Nov 13, 1526
Start of the Mughal empire
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The empire that extended over large parts of the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan. -
Aug 29, 1533
Pizarro conquers the incas
On August 29, 1533 pizarro executes the last inca emperor -
Nov 17, 1543
Copernicus' Heliocentric thoery published
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Theory that everything revolves around the sun -
Period: Nov 17, 1545 to Nov 17, 1563
The council of Trent
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The council of Trent and it was the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Nov 17, 1562
Start of the anglican church
King Henry VIII breaks away from Catholic church and starts and Anglican -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The English navy pursued the Spanish as far as Scotland by defeating the spanish -
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
The book script for the play Julius Caesar is released, -
Galileo’s first telescope
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Galileo first uses a telescope to look at space. -
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30 years war
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The 30 years war was a war between catholics and protestants and was one of the longest and most destructive wars of Europe -
William Harvey discovered circulation of blood
William Harvey discovers blood circulation by looking at dead bodies. -
Descartes Discourse on method
Descartes claims to have found a method of guiding his reason that has helped him to make so many discoveries in science. -
Taj Mahal
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The Taj Mahal is finished -
newtons law of gravity
Says that everything uses gravity, thats why things fall and such.
