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the renaissance is a cultural movment, and an advancement in music, paintings and most of the arts.
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Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal
17 Feb 1418 Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal around 1418. prince henry Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal -
the Byzantine capital of Constantinople was conquered and renamed Istanbul by the Muslim Ottomans.
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Byzantine capital of Constantinople conquered and renamed Istanbul by the Muslim Ottomans
1 Jan 1453 the Byzantine capital of Constantinople was conquered and renamed Istanbul by the Muslim Ottomans. -
Columbus’ first voyage
3 Aug 1492 He quickly made port in the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September 6. He was in command of three ships: the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María. -
Treaty of Tordesillas
7 Jun 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus -
Mona Lisa is the most well-known painting. it is displayed in paris.
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it was started in 1501 and completed in 1504. it is one of the most famous sulptures in the world.
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The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512 is one of the most well-knowned roof tops
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The Praise of Folly was written in 1509 to amuse Sir Thomas More.
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Cortez conquers the Aztecs
18 Feb 1521 The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, led by Hernando Cortes, was a landmark victory for the European settlers -
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
18 Sep 1532 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and 160 men managed to bring down the mighty Inca Empire, home to millions of people. -
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory
5 Oct 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who is best known for a theory called the heliocentric or sun-center theory of the universe -
William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
1 Apr 1578 William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood within the body. -
shakespesre wrote the tragedy of julius caesar around 1599. it was played in plays around 1599 also
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Galileo Galilei
18 Jan 1609 Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory -
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion.
18 Dec 1609 Johannes Kepler was an astronomer, mathematician, theologian and philosopher that made the Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion -
built in Agra,India between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife.
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oliver cromwell and the execution on charles l
30 Jan 1649 In London, King Charles I is beheaded for treason on January 30, 1649.Oliver Cromwell died at Whitehall on the afternoon of Friday, 3 September 1658 -
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan
6 Nov 1651 Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan is a very well known novel because it concerns the structure of society and legitimate government -
The restoration of Charles II
4 Apr 1660 King Charles II, the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. -
Death of Louis XIV
17 Oct 1661 During Louis XIV’s rule France was weakened by several lengthy wars so france was happy that he died -
Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles
17 Sep 1663 Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles in 1663. it was made on a swamp . -
Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity
21 Jul 1687 Isaac Newton formulated four laws of gravity and motion that explained how different forces act on objects -
Glorious Revolution (William and Mary)
25 Sep 1688 William and Mary signed the English Bill of Rights of 1689. This action both signaled the end of several centuries of tension -
English Bill of Rights of 1689
16 Dec 1689 The Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament on 16 December 1689. -
John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government:
31 May 1690 Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilised society based on natural rights and contract theory. -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
20 Feb 1712 Peter I founds the city of St. Petersburg as the new Russian capita -
Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws:
18 Aug 1748 Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws is about political institutions should reflect the social and geographical aspects of each community. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract
18 Dec 1762 it inspired political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France -
28 Jun 1776 the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty
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american revolution
4 Jul 1776 The American colonies win independence from England -
Storming of the Bastille
14 Jul 1789 a group of Parisian revolutionaries stormed Bastille prison in a act of protest against King Louis XVI
14 Jul 1789 a group of Parisian revolutionaries stormed Bastille prison in a act of protest against King Louis XVI -
Reign of Terror
28 Jul 1794 a period of volience during the french revolution -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
18 Dec 1800 first frenchman to become emperor in over a thousand years -
Congress of Vienna
1 Sep 1815 Congress of Vienna meets -
Napoleon dies
5 May 1821 He died at age 52 on May 5, 1821, possibly from stomach cancer
