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Timeline of Early Modern History (16th - 18th Century)

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1502
First reported _______ slaves in the New World
African
1503
Leonardo __ _____ begins painting the Mona Lisa
Da Vinci
1508
____________ begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo
1512
__________ proclaims the sun as the centre of the universe
Copernicus
1517
The __________ Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
Protestant
1519
Hernan ______ leads the Spanish conquest of Mexico
Cortes
1531
The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church, with King _____ VIII as the head of the church
Henry
1532
Francisco _______ leads the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Pizarro
1547
____ the Terrible is crowned as the first tsar of Russia
Ivan
1564
Birth of William ___________
Shakespeare
1569
The ________ projection is published, a version of the world map
Mercator
1577
Sir Francis _____ begins circling the world
Drake
1582
Pope _______ XIII issues the Gregorian calendar
Gregory
1605
Guy Fawkes' _________ plot fails in England
Gunpowder
1611
First publication of the King James _____
Bible
1632
The building of the ___ _____ begins in Agra, India
Taj Mahal
1636
_______ University is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard
1641
Rene _________ publishes 'Meditations on First Philosophy'
Descartes
1663
Robert Hooke discovers _____ using a microscope
Cells
1665
The Great ______ of London
Plague
1666
The Great ____ of London
Fire
1687
Isaac ______ publishes Principia Mathematica
Newton
1721
Robert _______ becomes the first Prime Minister of Great Britain
Walpole
1756
The _____ Years' War is fought among European powers
Seven
1769
James ____ explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
Cook
1773
Boston ___ Party
Tea
1776
Declaration of ____________ is signed in Philadelphia
Independence
1787
The United States ____________ is submitted to the states for ratification
Constitution
1789
George __________ is elected first president of the US
Washington
1789
Beginning of the ______ Revolution
French
1796
________ Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander
Napoleon
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