AP EURO TIMELINE

  • gutenberg invents the printing press
    1450

    gutenberg invents the printing press

    this allows printed documents to be mass produced so the bible gets spread even more making people learn to read more.
  • fall of constantinople
    1453

    fall of constantinople

    the ottoman empire takes of the byzantine empires capital and gains massive amount of land and taxes that one port next to egypt on the right
  • Period: 1485 to

    tudor dynasty

    this is when the tudor family won the roses war and made it so england had ne united church which was the anglican church
  • columbus sailed the ocean blue
    1492

    columbus sailed the ocean blue

    he lands in the bahamas in the search for a faster cheaper way to india and enslaves the people and is very cruel to them
  • the Alhambra Decree gets signed in spain
    1492

    the Alhambra Decree gets signed in spain

    this basically means they wanted to keep only christians in span so they kicked the muslims and jews out.
  • Reconquista for the muslims territory
    1492

    Reconquista for the muslims territory

    the christians put together an army in modern day portugal and spain and try to take land from islamic beliefs. and gain a little land in modern day morocco
  • Michelangelo completes painting in sistine chapel
    1512

    Michelangelo completes painting in sistine chapel

    he completed the big mural in the chapel showing religious beliefs and humanism
  • Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
    1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses

    he nailed 95 complaints to a church door and got the attention of the people leading to him becoming the leader in the protestant reformation.
  • Luther’s attendance at the Diet of Worms
    1521

    Luther’s attendance at the Diet of Worms

    it was for the roman empire to decide how to deal with luther's teachings and how to punish him
  • Machiavelli’s The Prince is published
    1532

    Machiavelli’s The Prince is published

    it was this dudes document talking about how to keep power among the people and how sometimes to need to be cruel or amazing and how you dont want to be loved or hated and how you want to be in the middle
  • Act of Supremacy under Henry VIII
    1534

    Act of Supremacy under Henry VIII

    henry owns his own church and is a self proclaimed pope. his church of england is called the anglican church
  • Copernicus (Polish astronomer) publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
    1543

    Copernicus (Polish astronomer) publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

    he made the model of his theories placing the sun at the centre of the universe
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent (Catholic Reformation)

    it was the catholic church meeting to dispel the teachings of the protestant church and to break them down and to change the churches practices
  • Peace of Augsburg
    1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Recognizes "Cuius regio, eius religio"
    it allows the roman empire to chose which religion they want between catholicism and lutheranism
  • St. Bartholomew's Massacre
    Aug 25, 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Massacre

    it was a large massacre against the french protestants for being a different religion than the normal
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    War of the Three Henrys

    The War of the Three Henrys was a dynastic struggle during the French Wars of Religion that was fought between 1587 and 1589. The conflict pitted the Catholic royalists led by King Henry III against the radical Catholic League led by Henry I, Duke of Guise, and the Protestant Huguenots led by Henry of Navarre.
  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Philip II of Spain vs. Elizabeth I of England
    it is the failed invasion of England by a massive Spanish fleet in 1588, intended to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and end English support for the Dutch Revolt
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    this gave the french protestants much more religious power and couldn't be persecuted ending the religious war
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    30 years war

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    english civil war

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    reign of louis 14

  • glorious revolution

  • english bill of rights

  • treaty of utrecht

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    reign of maria theresa of austria

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    diderot's encyclopedia

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    seven years war

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    early industrial revolution

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    reign of catherine the great

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    pugachev's rebellion

  • american revolution

  • french revolution begins

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    haitian revolution and independence

  • reign of terror led by robespierre

  • napoleon

  • napoleon crowns himself emperor

  • end of the holy roman empire

  • battle of waterloo