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Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), Portuguese navigator, first European to journey by sea to India 1497-1499
Christopher Columbus sponsored by king and queen of spain,1492,led three ship voyage, others soon followed Columbus to explore American continents
Bartolomeu Dias by 1488, had sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian ocean, proved possible to reach the Indian ocean from europe
Calicut Calicut India 1500, Portuguese merchants built a trading post
Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese navigator, in service of Spain, crossed both the atlantic and pacific oceans 1519-1522
Spanish Conquest of the Philippines 1564-1575, example of European imperialism
English East India Company founded 1600, contributed to the early formation of a global network of trade
United East India Company aka VOC established 1602, contributed to the early formation of a global network of trade
Conquest of Java Batavia found on Java 1619, to serve as entrepôt for the VOC, benefited VOC as well as Netherlands (Dutch)
Martin Luther (1483-1546) attacked the sale of indulgences, 1517
Nicolaus Copernicus suggested that the sun was the center of the universe, 1543
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) demonstrated planetary orbits to be elliptical
The Council of Trent 1545-1563, directed reform of Roman Catholic Church
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) challenged Aristotle's concepts of motion, With a telescope saw sunspots, moons of Jupiter, mountains of the moon
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) work symbolized the scientific revolution--direct observation and mathematical reasoning
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494, agreed upon by Spanish and Portuguese to clear confusion of newly claimed land in New World
Spanish Conquest of Mexico 1519-1521, example of Spanish imperialism
Spanish Conquest of Peru 1532-1540, example of Spanish imperialism
Songhay Empire 1464-1493 was the dominant power of west Africa, replacing Mali
Queen Nzinga led spirited resistance to Portuguese, 1623-1663
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