Timeline ofMajor Elizabethan Battles

Slide 1: 1400 - 1450

Slide 2: 1450 - 1500

Slide 3: 1500 - 1550

Slide 4: 1550 - 1600

1400 AD - 1450 AD

1410• The German Knights are defeated by the Polish and the Lithuanians on

July 15, 1410 at the Battle of Tannenberg.

1415• The British defeat the French on October 25, 1415 during the Battle of

Agincourt, leaving their government in ruins.• Portuguese explorer, Henry the Navigator conquers Ceuta, beginning

Portuguese conquests in Africa.

1444• The Ottoman forces engage in several battles with the Christian armies

along the Hungarian border. Encouraged by several victories, the Christian armies declare a new Crusade against the Ottomans.

1450 AD - 1500 AD

1453• The Ottomans capture Constantinople, present-day Istanbul, and declare it as the

capital of the Ottoman Empire, putting an end to the Byzantine Empire.

1485• The army of Richard III is defeated by Henry Tudor’s forces at the Battle of

Bosworth Field in Leicestershire on August 22, 1485. During the battle, Richard III is killed and Henry Tudor succeeds as Henry VII.

1489• The Earl of Northumberland is killed in the Yorkshire Rebellion while collecting a tax

to pay for the war in Brittany. The riots are led by Sir John Egremont but are suppressed by the Earl of Surrey.

1497• The Battle of Blackheath is fought, bringing an end to the Cornish Rebellion. Also

known as the Battle of Deptford Bridge, at this battle, Lord Daubeney is victorious over the rebel leaders.

1500 AD - 1550 ADGlobal Trade Expands Along With Conquest

1509• After capturing the port city of Hormuz, located at the entrance to the

Persian Gulf, two years previously, the Portuguese destroy a large Muslim fleet in a battle on the Arabian Sea, near northwest coast of India. A year later a Portuguese trade center is established on India’s western coast. The English startexpanding trade to West Africa.

1504 – 1529• The Ottoman Empire sees many

victories.• 1504: Romania• 1506: Belgrade• 1526: Hungary• 1529: The first siege of

Vienna fails.

1550 AD - 1600 AD

1562• The wars over religion begin in France and continue until Henry IV of

Navarre ascends the throne in 1589.

1568• The revolt of the northern Low Countries against Philip II, King of Spain,

begins.

1571• The Turks are defeated at the naval battle of Lepanto.

1588• The Spanish Armada is destroyed by the English fleet and harsh weather.

Renaissance Literature during 1400-1630

Outline

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1400-1450 1440

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. This printing method was credited for the revolution in the production of books.

1450-1500 1420

John Lydgate wrote The Siege of Thebes.

1485Sir Thomas Malory wrote the book Le Morte d’ Arthur.

1486Giovanni Pico wrote the famous Oration on the Dignity of Man in which he defended 900 theses on religion, philosophy, and magic.

1490French Renaissance writer, Francois Rabelais was born.

1500-1550 1503

Desiderius Eramus wrote Enchiridion militis Christiani, the "Handbook of the Christian Soldier” in which he outlines the outlook of a Christian Life.

1511Eramus published The Praise of Folly. In this essay Eramus wrote about the corrupt practices in parts of Roman Catholic Church.

1516Eramus published Education of a Christian Prince. He applies the broad principles of honor and sincerity to the jobs of the prince.

1516Thomas More wrote his famous book Utopia. In the book he writes about a fictional island and its religious and social customs.

1532 Rabelais published his first book, Pantagruel, the start of his Gargantua series. In his book he

praises the eat and drink, merry type of lifestyle. The book was condemned by the academics at the Sorbonne for their unorthodox ideas and by the Roman Catholic Church for its contempt of religious practices.

1553Rabelais died.

1550-1630 1564

Famous Playwright, William Shakespeare, was born. 1591

Thomas Campion five songs appeared in Newman’s edition of Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella. His versification in classical Latin poems carried into his poem and songs.

1593Shakespeare published his first poem “Venus and Adonis”.

1595 Campion published his own book called Poemata, a collection of Latin epigrams. 1595

Romeo And Juliet, a play written by Shakespeare. 1598

Jonson’s play Every Man in His Humour was performed by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men with Shakespeare in the cast.

1600Hamlet, a tragedy, is written by Shakespeare.

1613Campion wrote Lords’ Masque.

Inventions and Discoveries from the

1400-1600’s.

Discoveries and Inventions (1400) Discoveries and Inventions (1500) Discoveries and Inventions (1600)

Discoveries from 1400 Discovery of Cape Breton

Island. (1497) Discovery of Canada.

(1497) Discovery of Azores. (1432)

Inventions from 1400Anemometer, a

device that measures wind speed. (1450)

Carvel, a light sailing ship. (Late 1400)

A printing press with movable type. (1450)

Discoveries from 1500Discovery of the

Newfoundland. (1583)

Discovery of Florida. (1513)

Discovery of the Pacific Ocean. (1513)

Inventions from 1500Microscope, a device

used to view objects that can’t be seen by the naked eye. (1590-1610)

Pencil, a utensil used to write. (1564)

Thermometer, a device used to measure temperature. (1593)

Discoveries from 1600

Discovery of South America (1622)

Inventions from 1600Telescope, a device

that is used to view objects from a short distance. (1608)

Reflecting telescope, a device that uses two mirrors to magnify what is being viewed. (1663)

Refracting telescope, a device that uses two lenses to magnify what is being viewed. (1608)

Table of contents Plagues

Thunderstorms

Floods

Droughts

Plagues There were many illnesses

during the renaissance. The deadliest was the Bubonic plague (black death). The black death lasted until the mid 1400’s. It’s victims experience high fever, rashes, followed by headaches, and chills. It killed from 24 to 25 million Europeans.

Thunderstorms A thunderstorm is a result of

a huge electric spark generated by a collision of a positive and negative charged particles creating lightning. Most thunderstorms in the 1400-1600’s happened in the Scandinavian mountains, and central Europe.

Floods When heavy rain or snow

deposit their water in rivers or waterways, they are unable to carry all the water so they burst creating floods. No major floods were reported during the 1400-1600 as a result of the little ice age.

Droughts Droughts are the result

of lack of rain. They usually happen in Africa and the Middle East. The biggest drought was during the mid 1400’s.