20 most important events 1450-1750?

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what are the 20 (+/-) most important events in European History between 1450 and 1750


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Answer 1

THIS IS A TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. YOU HAVE TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT EUROPEAN HISTORY, AND YOU CAN PICK YOUR 20 FROM HERE. GOOD LUCK.

1453 Fall of Constantinople to the Turks 1492 Columbus lands in the New World Jews and Moslems expelled from Spain 1492 Vasco Da Game lands in Goa (Indian subcontinent) 1500 Birth of Charles V of Hapsburg, who became Lord of the Netherlands in 1515, King of Spain in 1516, and was elected Holy Roman Emperor (German-speaking region) in 1519. He ruled most of Europe until his abdication in 1556.
1509 Henry VIII ascends the throne of England. He rules until 1547.
1517 Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. Beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
1520 Cortez conquers Mexico.
1520-22 First circumnavigation of the world.
1529 Turks besiege Vienna.
1534 Luther publishes his German bible.
1536 John Calvin (1509-1564) publishes his Institutes of Christian Religion.
1540 Pope Paul III authorizes the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556).
1541 Calvin becomes the reformer (and de facto ruler) of Geneva. He occupies this function until his death in1564.
1543 Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) published De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium.
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) publishes De Humani Corporis Fabrica.
1545 Beginning of the Council of Trent, which met 1545-1547, 1551-1552, 1562-1563. (Last church council until Vatican Council of 1870.)
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1551 Foundation of the University of Lima.
1553 Michael Servetus (1511-1553), who denied the Trinity, burned at the stake by Calvin in Geneva.
Foundation of the University of Mexico.
1555 Peace of Augsburg: victory for the Lutheran cause in Germany.
1558 Elizabeth I of Tudor becomes Queen of England. Her rule lasts until her death in 1603.
1562 Beginning of wars of religion in France. These last until Henry IV of Navarre ascends the throne in 1589.
1564 Death of Calvin (b. 1509).
Death of Michelangelo (b. 1475).
Birth of Galileo (d. 1642).
Birth of Shakespeare (d. 1616).
1568 Beginning of the revolt of the northern Low Countries against Philip II, King of Spain.
1571 Birth of Johannes Kepler (d.1630).
Defeat of the Turks in the naval battle of Lepanto.
1572 New star (nova stella, or nova) in Cassiopeia, fully des cribed by Tycho Brahe (hence "Tycho's star"). This was,in fact, a supernova.
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, in which thousands of French Protestants (Huguenots) were killed on the order.
1575 Foundation of the University of Leyden.
1577 Comet of 1577, fully described by Tycho Brahe.
1582 Pope Gregory XIII institutes the Gregorian Calendar.
1588 Spanish Armada defeated by the weather and the English fleet.
1589 Henry of Navarre (1553-1610) becomes the first Bourbon king, Henry IV, of France.
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1597 Johannes Kepler publishes Cosmographic Mystery.
1598 Edict of Nantes, under which Protestants in France are allowed to practice their religion in peace.
1600 Giordano Bruno burned at the stake in Rome.
William Gilbert (1540-1603) publishes On the Magnet.
1603 Elizabeth I, Queen of England, dies, and with her the Tudor line. Her successor is James I of the House of Stuart, who ruled until 1625.
1604 New star (supernova), fully described by Kepler in De stella nova (1606), hence "Kepler's star."
1605 Francis Bacon (1561-1626) publishes Two Books of Francis Bacon, of the Proficiencie and Advancementof Learning, Divine and Human.
1607 Foundation of Virginia by the English.
1608 Foundation of Quebec by the French.
1609 Kepler publishes The New Astromomy, in which he introduces elliptical astronomy.
1610 Henry IV, King of France, is murdered. He is succeeded by his son, Louis XIII (d. 1643), during whose reign Cardinal Richelieu ruled France de facto.
1611 King James Bible is published.
1612 Foundation of New York by the Dutch.
1618 Beginning of the Thirty Years' War, which devastates much of the German region.
1619 First African slaves in Virginia.
1620 Francis Bacon publishes his New Organum.
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1625 Hugo Grotius publishes Law of War and Peace.
Beginning of the reign of Charles I of England.
1627 Francis Bacon's New Atlantis is published posthumously.
1636 Foundation of Harvard College.
1637 René Descartes (1596-1650) publishes his Discourse on Method.
1642 Death of Galileo.
Birth of Isaac Newton (1642-1727).
Beginning of civil war in England (ended 1649).
1644 Descartes publishes Principles of Philosophy.
1648 Peace of Westphalia, end of the Thirty Years' War.
1649 Charles I of England beheaded by Cromwell and the "Rump" Parliament.
1651 Publication of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679).
1657 Foundation of the Accademia del Cimento in Florence, whose meetings last until 1667.
1660 Restoration of the English Monarchy.
Foundation of the Royal Society of London.
1661 Charles II (d. 1685) crowned king of England.
Louis XIV (1643-1715) begins governing France.
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Robert Boyle (1625-1692) publishes The Skeptical Chymist.
1665 First issue of Philosophical Transactions published by Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal Society.
Robert Hooke (1635-1703) publishes Micrographia.
Fire of London.
1666 Foundation of the Académie Royale des Sciences by Louis XIV.
London Plague.
1667 First issue of Journal des Sçavans published by the French Academy.
1673 Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) publishes Horologium Oscillatorium.
1684 Repeal of the Edict of Nantes.
1685 Repeal of the Edict of Nantes in France.
James II ascends the throne of England.
1687 Isaac Newton publishes his Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
1688 Glorious Revolution in England.
1689 Beginning of the rule of William and Mary in England.
1690 Publication of Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1632-1704)
1694 Founding of the Bank of England.
1702 Death of William III of Orange, King of England and stadholder of the Netherlands. Beginning of the reign of Queen Anne in England.
1704 Isaac Newton publishes his Opticks.

Answer 2

1500 To 1750

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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20 most important events 1450-1750?
what are the 20 (+/-) most important events in European History between 1450 and 1750


thanks for your help!!

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Answer 5

1455-85:War of Roses. 1485:Henry V11 defeats Richard 111 at the Battle of Bosworth and becomes king of England.1531-32:The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognises King Henry V11 as the head of the church.1552:tsar Ivan the Terrible conquered two major Tatar khanates, Kazan and Astrakhan, the Yermaks voyage of 1580 led to the annexation of Siberia into Russia.1571:Protestant Reformation.........more?

Answer 6

1. Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
2. Birth of Martin Luther in 1485.
3. Discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
4. Henry VIII becomes King of England in 1509.
5. Start of Protestetant Reformation in 1517.
6. Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England in 1558.
7. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre occurs in France in 1572.
8. Spanish Armada invades English Channel unsuccessfully in 1588.
9. End of Tudor Dynasty in 1603. James I assumes the English throne.
10. William Shakespeare dies in 1616.
11. Second Defenstration of Prague in 1618.
12. Start of the Thirty Years' War in 1618.
13. Start of the first English Civil War in 1642.
14. End of Thirty Years' War in 1648.
15. Start of the Restoration period in England in 1660.
16. Glorious Revolution in 1688.
17. Beginning of the House of Hanover in Britain in 1714 with George I.
18. King Louis XIV (Sun King) dies in 1715 leaving his great-grandson, King Louis XV, to rule in France.
19. King George III of England is born in 1738. He is the first member of the House of Hanover to be born in England.
20. The state of Prussia becomes a strong, European power under Frederick II in 1740.

I'm sure others would have mentioned other events.

Answer 7

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