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  • 1450 - Printing Press
    1450

    1450 - Printing Press

    A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium, thereby transferring the ink.
  • 1453 - Fall of Constantinople
    1453

    1453 - Fall of Constantinople

    The Fall of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
  • 1485-1603 Reign of the Tudor Dynasty
    1485

    1485-1603 Reign of the Tudor Dynasty

    The Tudor dynasty reigned in England from 1485 to 1603, beginning with Henry VII and ending with Elizabeth I. This period was marked by significant events, including the end of the Wars of the Roses, the English Reformation, the start of England's overseas exploration, and the rise of the English Renaissance. The dynasty's five monarchs were Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
  • 1492 - Columbas Voyage, Alhambra Decree, Completion of Reconquista
    1492

    1492 - Columbas Voyage, Alhambra Decree, Completion of Reconquista

    Alhambra Decree - edict issued in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, that ordered the expulsion of practicing Jews from the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon
    Reconquista - fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns by European Christian kingdoms against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus, which had previously been part of the Christian Visigothic realm before the Muslim Conquest of 711
  • 1512- Michelangelo completes the painting of the Sistine Chapel
    1502

    1512- Michelangelo completes the painting of the Sistine Chapel

    . He worked on the commission, which Pope Julius II initiated in 1508, for four years, creating frescoes based on scenes from the Book of Genesis. He also later painted The Last Judgment on the altar wall, which was completed in 1541.
  • 1517 - Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
    1517

    1517 - Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses

    Launches the Protestant Reformation, to challenge the Catholic Church's practice of selling "indulgences," which were said to grant forgiveness for sins
  • 1521 - Luther's attendance at the Diet of Worms
    1520

    1521 - Luther's attendance at the Diet of Worms

    Martin Luther was summoned to the diet in order to renounce or reaffirm his views in response to a Papal bull of Pope Leo X
  • 1532 - Machiavelli's The Prince is published
    1532

    1532 - Machiavelli's The Prince is published

    The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes.
  • 1534 - Act of Supremacy under Henry VIII
    1534

    1534 - Act of Supremacy under Henry VIII

    Anglican Church - Christian communion consisting of the autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion with the archbishop of Canterbury in England
    Act of Supremacy - act of the English Parliament that declared King Henry VIII the "Supreme Head of the Church of England," officially separating the Church of England from the authority of the Pope and Rome
  • 1543 - Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
    1543

    1543 - Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

    Copernicus - Polish astronomer and mathematician famous for developing the heliocentric model of the solar system
  • 1545-1563 Council of Trent
    1545

    1545-1563 Council of Trent

    The Catholic reformation
    a 16th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that served as a response to the Protestant Reformation
  • 1555 - Peace of Augsburg
    1555

    1555 - Peace of Augsburg

    Recognizes "Cuius regio, eius religion" which means "whose realm, his religion" in latin
    Peace of Augsburg - a treaty that ended the religious conflict between Catholics and Lutherans within the Holy Roman Empire - a treaty that ended the religious conflict between Catholics and Lutherans within the Holy Roman Empire
  • 1572 - St. Bartholomew's Massacre
    1571

    1572 - St. Bartholomew's Massacre

    The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion
  • 1585-1589 - War of the Three Henrys

    1585-1589 - War of the Three Henrys

    took place during 1585–1589, and was the eighth conflict in the series of civil wars in France known as the French Wars of Religion
  • 1588 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    1588 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Philip II of Spain vs. Elizabeth I of England
    Spanish Armada - Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
  • 1598 - Edict of Nantes

    1598 - Edict of Nantes

    issued by King Henry IV of France in 1598, granted limited religious rights to French Protestants, officially ending the French Wars of Religion
  • Thirty Years war

    Thirty Years war

    Big Europe conflict that started between the protestants and Catholics but changed into a war for power. Caused immense destruction, famine, and disease.
    Defenestration of Prague - Protestant nobles in Bohemia forcibly ejected two Catholic officials from a castle window
    Ended with Peace of Westphalia- treaty to end the war
  • English Civil War

    English Civil War

    Royalists - supporters of a king, often against a revolution
    Charles 1 - led English into civil war, executed for treason
    Commonwealth - political community for the common good
    Cromwell Burger - james 1, Charles 1, cromwell, Charles 2, James 2
    Oliver Crommwell - led the Parliamentarian side to victory in the English Civil War
    a series of armed conflicts between Parliamentarians and Royalists supporting King Charles I, fought over who held ultimate power
  • Reign of Loius XIV At Versailles

    Reign of Loius XIV At Versailles

    transformed the former hunting lodge into a magnificent palace, the center of French absolute power, symbolizing his divine right and control over the nobility by requiring them to live there
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

    exile of King James II and the accession to the throne of William and Mary.
  • English bill of rights

    English bill of rights

    constitutional monarchy - monarch serves as the symbolic head of state, with their powers limited by a constitution
    Locke's two treatises on government - argues for natural rights, government by consent, and the right to revolution
    Limited the monarchy's power, established Parliament's supremacy in law-making and taxation, and guaranteed key civil rights for subjects, like free speech in Parliament, fair trials, and protection from cruel punishment
  • Treaty of Utrecht ends War of Spanish Succession

    Treaty of Utrecht ends War of Spanish Succession

    Treaty of Utrech - series of peace treaties that ended the War of the Spanish Succession, establishing Philip V as King of Spain
    War of Spanish Succession - major European conflict sparked by the death of childless King Charles II of Spain
  • Reign of Maria Theresa of Austria

    Reign of Maria Theresa of Austria

    War of Austrian Succession - European conflict sparked by Frederick the Great of Prussia's invasion of Silesia, challenging Maria Theresa's right to inherit the Habsburg lands after Charles VI's death
    Maria Theresa - ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780
  • Diderot's Encyclopedia Published

    Diderot's Encyclopedia Published

    Intended to change the way people think by spreading Enlightenment ideas, secular knowledge, and promoting reason,
  • Seven Years War

    Seven Years War

    Fredrick the great (Prussian king 1740-1786)
    Louis XV (French King 1715-1774)
    Maria Theresa (Habsburg leader 1740-1780)
    George III (British leader 1760-1820)
    Treaty of paris - establishing British dominance by France ceding its mainland North American territories to britian
    a conflict between France and Great Britain that began in 1754 as a dispute over North American land claims in the region around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Early Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

    Early Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

    transformed it from a rural, agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse, marked by new machines, factory system, mechanization of textiles, rapid urbanization, and significant social shifts.