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1451 - 1452
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it made it easier for people to get accurte information to be copied faster
1492 - 1495
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Discovered the Americas.
1516 - 1517
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His work laid the foundations for Luther's Reformation
1517 - 1518
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The Ninety-Five Theses criticized the church and many of its practices, especially the sale of indulgences. The Theses also outlined many of Luther’s own beliefs.
1525 - 1526
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translated the bible into English. This allowed people to read the bible and start to question the practices of corrupt church leaders.
1534 - 1535
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He founded the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus). The Jesuits were one of the major spearheads of the Counter-Reformation.
1534 - 1535
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In England the major figure of the Reformation was King Henry VIII. Because he had no sons and his wife couldn’t have any more children, Henry asked the pope to officially end his marriage. Henry wanted to get married again so that he could have a son to whom he could leave his throne
1541 - 1542
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He was one of the original Jesuits and one of the greatest missionaries of all time. He was invited to go to the East Indies by John III of Portugal
1542 - 1543
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Spanish clergy was among to the first fight back against protestant reformation
1543 - 1544
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He was important of scholars. He published a book named the praise of folly. He wanted to get rid of some churches rituals.
1545 - 1546
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The new religious orders were one response to reform, but many Catholic leaders felt that more change was needed. They decided to call together a council of church leaders
1562 - 1563
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Huguenots were massacred at Vassy, France, provoking the first war of religion in that country.
1572 - 1573
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King Charles IX of France, under the sway of his mother, Catherine de Medici, orders the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris, setting off an orgy of killing that results in the massacre of tens of thousands of Huguenots all across France.
1577 - 1578
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Emphasized the importance of careful observations and detailed, accurate records. He charted the positions of more than 750 stars. This made evidence and facts important to
1590 - 1591
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During the 1st century AD (year 100), glass had been invented and the Romans were looking through the glass and testing it.
1598 - 1599
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Signed by Henri IV of France at Nantes on April 13th, 1598, the edict put a temporary end to the ferocious religious wars between Roman Catholics and Protestants which had torn France apart since the 1560s.
1600 - 1601
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Signed by Henri IV of France at Nantes on April 13th, 1598, the edict put a temporary end to the ferocious religious wars between Roman Catholics and Protestants which had torn France apart since the 1560s
1600 - 1601
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The history of the telescope dates back to the early 1600s. Galileo Galilei is commonly credited for inventing the telescope, but this is not accurate.
1610 - 1625
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t has been said that both modern philosophy and modern mathematics began with the work of Rene Descartes.
1613 - 1614
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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was born in Pisa, Tuscany.
1648 - 1649
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Ended the Thirty Year’ War. It allowed rulers to determine whether their countries would be Catholic or Protestant. This is the beginning s of freedom of religion in the United States.
1654 - 1655
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Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in some way when they are heated or cooled.
1663 - 1664
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a barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
1663 - 1664
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Calculus was invented by Newton and Leibnitz at the end of the 17th century. While algebra had been an important addition to mathematics in the immediately preceding centuries, it provided mainly a notational convenience. A very significant convenience, to be sure, but it did not provide much additional power to mathematical investigations
1687 - 1688
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one of the greatest Philosophers, Mathematicians, and Scientists (along with many other things) ever to live.