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  • Gutenberg invents the printing press
    1450

    Gutenberg invents the printing press

    by inventing the printing press people can read the bible in their vernacular.
  • Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman empire
    1457

    Fall of Constantinople to the ottoman empire

    the end of the Byzantine empire and the Ottomans implemented tariffs the other countrys so the age of discovery happened because they try to find a new route to India
  • Period: 1482 to

    Reing of The Tudor Dynasty

    An English and Welsh ruling house that reigned in England and was founded by Henry the 7
  • Columbus's voyage to America
    1492

    Columbus's voyage to America

    Columbus voyage to America but he thinks he is in India
  • Alhambra Decree
    1492

    Alhambra Decree

    was a Decree issued in 1492 by the Spanish catholic monarchs to kick out all of the Muslims and the Jews
  • Completion of the Reconquista in Spain
    1493

    Completion of the Reconquista in Spain

    It was the capture of Granada by king Ferdinand the 2 and queen Isabelle and they took Granada from the Muslims.
  • Michelangelo completes the painting of the Sistine chapel
    1512

    Michelangelo completes the painting of the Sistine chapel

    He complete the design after 4 years of work
  • Martin Luther post his 95 Theses
    1517

    Martin Luther post his 95 Theses

    He nailed 95 things wrong with Catholic church and stared the protestant reformation
  • The Diet of worms
    1521

    The Diet of worms

    It was summoned by the Holy Roman empire and he refused which then the chalilic church said his writes where hearsay
  • The prince is published
    1532

    The prince is published

    A book written by Machiavelli which tells rulers to maintain their power and its better to be feared then loved
  • Act of Supremacy
    1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Issued by King Henry 8 which made him the monarch the supreme head of the English church ending papal authority
  • Copernicus publishes on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
    1538

    Copernicus publishes on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres

    Copernicus argues that the sun is in the center of the solar system not earth. which at the time people thought it was the earth in the center.
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    The catholic acknowledges that they were wrong about only good works getting you into heaven. and Say that you need faith and good works to get to salvation and this was their response to the protestant reformation
  • The peace of Augsburg
    1555

    The peace of Augsburg

    It was a treaty that ended religious wars between Catholics and Lutherans. which recognized Cuius regio eius religo. Or whose realm, his religion
  • Defeat of Spanish Armada
    1558

    Defeat of Spanish Armada

    The English navy defeated the Spanish navy because the English had superior naval tactics. The Spanish had experienced sailors.
  • St. Bartholomew's Massacre
    1572

    St. Bartholomew's Massacre

    the Catholics attempted to get rid of French Calvinist in France. the death toll is between 2,000 and 10,000
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    War of the Three Henrys

    It was a bloody religious war and Henry of Navarre was the winner of the conflict. becoming the king of France
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    Is a law singed by king Henry the 4 of France that gave rights to Calvinist protesters which ended a religious war between Calvinist and Catholics.
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    The thirty years war

    starts with the defenestration of Prague
    phase 1 Bohemian
    phase 2 Danish
    phase 3 Swedish
    phase 4 French
    ends with the peace of Westphalia
    this is the last religious war fought in Europe and is a bridge between religious wars to political wars.
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    English civil war

    the royalist who supported Charles the first were against the parliaments (50 bucks if you can guess which group they belonged too) and they where led by Oliver Cromwell and they defeated the royalist and excited king Charles and Oliver established the Commonwealth
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution

    James the second is replaced by William 3 and Mary the 2. they exiled James the second and replaced him with William and Mary. James was an absolute monarch and not very popular with parliament and so they revolted and replaced them with William and Mary who were constitutional monarch and they helped make the bill of rights.
  • Reign of Louis xiv at Versailles (without regent)

    Reign of Louis xiv at Versailles (without regent)

    he is the definition of an absolute monarchy. he called himself the sun king. he centralized his power by moving his court to pairs to Versailles so he can keep the nobility there and busy so they can't interfere with his power.
  • English bill of rights

    English bill of rights

    it limits the power of the monarchy and gives people basic rights. it also implemented laws for taxes and gave people freedom of speech. John Locke's treatise on government argues against divine rights of kings and argued for basic rights and that government should only lock down your rights and keep you safe.
  • Treaty of Utrecht

    Treaty of Utrecht

    this treaty ends the war of the Spanish succession and established a new balance of power making Philip the 5 king of Spain and make sure that the franchise and Spanish crowns would remain separate. this helped great Britain because they got new territory boosting there power.
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    Reign of maria Theresa of Austria

    she made military reforms and founded modern Austria and solidify Hamburg rule and was involved in the seven year wars she was titled the savior of the Habsburg dynasty.
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    Diderot's Encyclopedia Is Published

    The Encyclopedia is Diderot's big book of Knowledge and was trying to teach people to think for themselves and become more educated even tho it challenge some Church views I was still included in church library's because the church also wanted people to be knowledgeable. also was good friends with Kathryn the great tsar of Russia and the encyclopedia was included in her library
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    Seven years war

    this war was actually seven years which is nice unlike the 100 years war. it was a conflict that was between great Britain and France for control of the north American content. and Prussia and Austria fighting over Silesia. the war ended with the treaty of Paris with France giving up their land in North America to Britain and Spain.
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    Early Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

    Great Britain was one of the first country's to start industrialized because they had a stable government and had a lot of coal and iron and the industrial revolution lead form more agricultural works to more factory and machine works.
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    Reign of Catherine The Great

    she is the definition of an Enlightened monarch because she helped Diderot's encyclopedia she also didn't make a lot of reforms and kept serfdom and she came to power by (probably) hiring a hit man to take out her husband peter the 3. and there was also a horse that I will not go into detail about.
  • Coca-cola

    Coca-cola

    1 soda
  • Fallout New Vegas

    Fallout New Vegas

    The best RPG