The 14th Century (1301-1400 )
1300
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John Wycliffe (Founds the Lollards)
1400
Jan Hus
Christine Pisan
Petrarch- Father of Humanism
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Start of Black Plague (lasts into 18th c)
1st Hundred Years’ War
Dante’s Divine Comedy
The Great Schism
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
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Peasants who survive black plague have increased standard of living
In the Middle Ages, Kings were relatively weak compared to clergy and nobles.
Medieval Universities w/ a focus on scholasticism
Medieval Gothic Architecture
Wealth building up in Italian City Sates from Asia-Europe Trade
Florence becomes a European power, based on banking and wool trade
The 15th Century (1401-1500 )
1400
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Jan Hus
Joan of Arc
Christine Pisan
1500
Medici family rules in Florence – example of signiori
Savonarola
Pico della Mirandola
Laura Cereta
Erasmus
French New Monarchs- Charles VII, followed by Louis XI, followed by Louis XII
Rise of English New Monarchs under Tudors – Henry VII and then VIII
Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Lorenzo Medici (the magnificent)
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Prince Henry the Navigator
The Great Schism
1st Hundred Years’ War
Gutenburg’s movable type printing press
Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Empire
Northern Renaissance and Christian Humanism
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English- War of The Roses…evidence of weak kings
Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition
Reconquista & Columbus’ 1st Voyage
Ferdinand and Isabella engineer marriages leading to Habsburg empire
Dias- Portuguese- Rounds Cape of Good Hope
Portuguese De Gama reaches India
Columbus discovers New World
Treaty of Tordesillas
Ivan III (Russia) throws off the rule of the Mongol Khans in Russia
Fear in Europe of Ottoman Turks on Eastern Borders
Rise of the ‘New Monarch’ or ‘Renaissance Princes’
Renaissance Humanism
Nobles in Eastern and Central Europe tighten their grip on serfs (kings are 1st among equals) and sell additional agriculture to the west
The 16th Century (1501-1600 )
1500
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1600
Catliglione’sThe Courtier
Machiavelli’s The Prince
Shakespeare
Thomas More’s Utopia
Michel de Montaign
Erasmus
Rabelais
Charles V- Habsburg
Phillip II- Spanish Habsburg
Ferdinand I- Austrian Habsburg
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Henry VIII- England
Reign of Edward VI of England
Reign of ‘Bloody; Mary Tudor of England
Reign of Elizabeth Tudor of England (the ‘Virgin’ Queen
King James I (England)
John Knox
Loyola Ignatius
French New Monarchs- … followed by Louis XII
Francis I of France
Henry II of France
Copernicus
William of Orange ‘the silent’
Henry IV of France aka Prince Henry of Navarre aka Good King Henry
Duke de Sully
Ivan IV (the Terrible)
Brahe
The High Renaissance
Rise of English New Monarchs under Tudors – Henry VII and then VIII
95 Theses Written
HRE Peasant Revolt-inspired (but rejected) by Luther
HRE is Split into Spanish and Austrian Branches
Charles V Sacks Rome ending Italian Renaissance
Calvin’s Geneva executes Servetus
Diet of Worms
Henry VIII forms Anglican Church
Pilgrimage of Grace to Protest Anglican Church
Council of Trent
Founding of Ursuline Order
Founding of Society of Jesus aka Jesuits
French Concorde of Bologna
Habsburg-Valois Wars (for Italian city states)- Result in a foreign-dominated Italy
Edict of Nantes
Magellan circumnavigates the World
Peace of Augsburg
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Cortes subdues Aztecs
War of the Three Henry’s
Pizarro subdues Inca
Ascension of politique King Henry IV
De Las Casas Criticizes treatment of Native Americans
Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
Tetzel Selling Indulgences
Spanish Armada sails at England
Copernicus’ On the Heavenly Spheres
Nobles in Eastern and Central Europe tighten their grip on serfs (kings are 1 st among equals) and sell additional agriculture to the west
Fear in Europe of Ottoman Turks on Eastern Borders
Protestant Reformation
Wars of Religion- Catholic attempt to stomp out Protestantism
Dutch Golden Age
1st Half of the Wars of
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French part of the1st Half of
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Dutch part of the1st Half of the Wars of
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English, Spanish, Dutch part of the1st Half of the Wars of Religion
Spanish use New World Riches to beat back Protestant Reformation
Age of Exploration
Spain’s ‘Golden Century’
Spain’s (and Europe’s) Price Revolution
European Witch Hunts
Counter-Reformation is started by the Roman Catholic Church
The 17th Century (1601-1700 )
1600
1650
Cardinal Mazarin
Shakespeare
King James’ Bible
Gustavus Adolphus
Louis XIII
Cardinal Richelieu
Henry IV of France
Duke de Sully
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King James I (England)
King Charles I (England)
Thomas Hobbes
Oliver Cromwell
Johannes Kepler
Galileo
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
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Charles ‘Turnip’ Townsend
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Louis XIV
John Locke
Charles II (England)
James II (of England)
William of Orange (English Dutch Glorious Revolution guy)
Mary of Orange (English-Dutch English Glorious Revolution girl)
Frederick William ‘The Great Elector’
Peter the Great
Isaac Newton
Thirty Years War
Catholic Edict of Restitution
Defenestration of Prague
Peace of Westphalia
The Fronde
Execution of King Charles I (England)
Cervantes’ publishes Don Quixote
English Civil War
Interregnum
Navigation Acts (England)
The Long Parliament
Hobbes- Leviathan
Louis XIV moves the French court to Versailles
Locke’s Two Treaties on Gov’t
Glorious Revolution (England)
English Bill of Rights
Ottomans lay siege to Vienna
Newton’s Principia published
Wars between the League of Augsburg and Louis XIV
English, Spanish, Dutch part of the1st Half of the Wars of Religion
European Witch Hunts
Rise of Baroque Art
Dutch Golden Age
French Absolutism (which goes along with French classicism and French as European lingua franca)
Louis XIV builds up a massive and professional French army
Eastern and Central Europe tighten their grip on serfs (kings are 1st among equals) and sell additional agriculture to the west
Eastern and Central European monarchs begin to reassert power
Rise of Cottage Industry (early Capitalism)
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The 18th Century (1701-1800 )
1700
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Louis XIV
Charles ‘Turnip’ Townsend
George Washington
Pragmatic Sanction
St. Petersburg built
The Great Northern War
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1800
Frederick the Great
Frederick William I (the Soldier King) (Prussia)
Baron de Montesqueiu
Maria Theresa (Austria)
Voltaire
Madam de Chatalet
David Hume
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
Catherine the Great
Maria Theresa
Joseph II (Austria)
Adam Smith
Peter the Great
Isaac Newton
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Napoleon
Louis XVI
Olympe De Gouges
Robespierre
Louis XVIII
Horatio Nelson
Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws is published
Publication of Diderot’s Encyclopedia
Rousseau’s The Social Contract
Catherine the Great is involved in a coup against her own husband, Peter III
Duke d’Orleans restores power of remonstrating royal decrees to French Parlament of Paris
Poland is gobbled up by Austria, Prussia, and Russia
Jethro Tull’s Seed Drill
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is published
One of the last outbreaks of Black Plague
British tax on tea
Malthus’ Principle on Population
England and Scotland become Great Britain
Frederick the Great steals Silesia from Maria Theresa
Stamp Act Coercive acts
War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years’ War
War of the Spanish Succession
First Treaty of Paris
American Revolution
Death of Carlos II (wills Spain to Bourbons)
Paine’s Common Sense
Formation of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Utrecht
Jenner’s Smallpox Vaccine
Hargreaves’ Spinning Jenny Invented
Treaty of Paris (#2)
French Revolution
Wars between the League of Augsburg and Louis XIV
Storming of the Bastille
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Widespread Use of Watt’s Improved Steam Engine
Execution of Louis XVI
Reign or Terror
Cartwritght’s Power Loom
Napoleon comes to power
Enlightenment
Enlightenment- moderate phase
Enlightenment- more extreme phase
Boom in publishing of books for the educated public
Anti-Royal ‘under the cloak’ literature circulates in France
Agricultural Revolution of Crop Rotation and Enclosure
European Population boom
Rise of Cottage Industry (early Capitalism)
Rise of the Atlantic Economy and Trade – Britain’s lost European trade is being more than made up for in the colonies- Commercial Revolution
Capitalism- liberal idea about economics
Second Hundred Year’s War
French Revolution
Industrial Revolution- England Only!
The 19th Century (to Congress of Vienna only ) Hansen AP Euro- Semester 1 Final Review
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1850
Napoleon
Louis XVIII
Horatio Nelson
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French Revolution
Ricardo’s publications on the’ Iron Law of Wages’
Concordat with the Catholic Church
Crystal Palace Exhibition
Napoleonic Civil Code
Invasion of Russia
Early Rocket Train Goes From Liverpool to Manchester
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Continental Bankers Develop Limited Liability Structure to Encourage Investment in Industry (Credit Mobilier)
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Second Hundred Year’s War
Industrial Revolution- England Only!
Industrial Revolution- German and American Growth Explodes
Industrial Revolution- Continental Europe