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		{
			"label" :  "Oliver Cromwell",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "51.49,-0.126",
			"Start" :  "1645",
			"Notes" :  "In 1645 Cromwell became a General for the Puritans and was one that could lead the Puritan army to victory. In this time his new model army began defeating the Calvaliers and the tide turned toward the Puritans. And in 1649 they brought Charles to trial for treason and sentenced him to death."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Thirty Years War",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_years%27_war",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "39.33,2.256",
			"Start" :  "1618",
			"Notes" :  "The religious conflict between ruling families that represent the Catholic empire of Austria and Spain, and the Protestant ruling families of Sweden and Germany. In the end the war was ended by The Peace of Westphalia. As a result German Princes, despite the huge amounts of casualties in the war, were made independent and this was the end of religious wars in Europe."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Greece begins Political Reforms",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "37.97,23.71",
			"Start" :  "-0500",
			"Notes" :  "Pericles begins political reforms in Greece and eventually paves the way for the first true democracy ever."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "United Nations is Founded",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "40.75,-73.96",
			"Start" :  "1945",
			"Notes" :  "In 1945, most all of the nations of the world became a part of the United Nations, becoming the first step towards a world government."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Declaration of the Rights of Man",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "48.84,2.35",
			"Start" :  "1790",
			"Notes" :  "In 1790, as part of the French Revolution, the government got together and wrote up this document stating that all human beings have certain basic rights that apply at anytime, anywhere."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Golden Age of Spanish Literature and Art",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Golden_Age#Literature",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "39.58,-3.17",
			"Start" :  "1600",
			"Notes" :  "Due to Spain having lots of money in its coffers, it began spending things on such things as art and literature. Much like Italy during the Renaissance, Spain had a monopoly on imported goods from America and Asia. This led to the people spending more on art instead of on castles, and as a result, several great paintings and books came out of this, such as Don Quixote."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "John Locke Writes About Human Rights",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "51.46,-0.28",
			"Start" :  "1690",
			"Notes" :  "John Locke writes his proposal that humans have the right to \"life, liberty, and property\""
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Ivan the Terrible",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_terrible",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "53.75,41.59",
			"Start" :  "1533",
			"Notes" :  "Ivan the Terrible had a disrupted childhood which lead him to executing the boyars and seizing the Russian throne. he crowned himself czar. After his beloved wife dies he went insane and he killed his oldest son. Russia had experienced a time of turmoil known as the Time of Troubles."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Magna Carta is Signed",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "51.44,-0.54",
			"Start" :  "1215",
			"Notes" :  "The Magna Carta becomes the first legal document that actually limits the power of the King and puts more power in the hands of the people."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "War of the Austrian Succesion",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "47.38,16.218",
			"Start" :  "1740",
			"Notes" :  "When Frederic the Great of Prussia attempted to attack Austria, the Empress Maria Theresa rallied help from Hungary and Great Britian to quelch Frederic\'s attack. Though Frederic lost, even with help from the French, he recieved the land he desired with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. As a result Prussia was able to become a European power at last."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Coronado",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_V%C3%A1squez_de_Coronado",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "32.6,-112.6",
			"Start" :  "1541",
			"Notes" :  "The conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado leads an expedition to what is now North America."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Treaty of Tordesillas",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "41.7,12.5",
			"Start" :  "1494",
			"Notes" :  "Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which says that anything west of an imaginary in the Atlantic Ocean would go to Spain and east would go to Portugal."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Frederick the Great",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_The_Great",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "47.51,14.55",
			"Start" :  "1740",
			"Notes" :  "As a child Frederic was very interested in music and philospohy, but whose father shunned him for it, had a difficult upbringing. When he inherited the throne of Prussia, he followed the military policies his father had created but also softened laws and encouraged religious tolerance. Frederic believed a ruler should be \"like a father to his people.\" Frederic sent troops to claim some of Austria but greatly underestimate the skill of Maria Theresa. Their struggle would eventually lead to The Seven Years War."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Champlain",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "45.5,-73.5",
			"Start" :  "1608",
			"Notes" :  "Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec in North America for France."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Charles the 1st",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "51.49,-0.126",
			"Start" :  "1625",
			"Notes" :  "Charles became King in 1625 and was always at war with France and Spain. In 1628 he was forced to call Parliament again and it refused to give him money but made him sign the Petition of Right. But in 1629 he dissolved Parliament and ignored this petition."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "King Charles I",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England",
			"type" :   "England",
			"LatLng" : "51.46,-0.211",
			"Start" :  "1649",
			"Notes" :  "Elsewhere in the world King Charles the I of England  is executed."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "James II and the Glorious Revolution.",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "51.49,-0.126",
			"Start" :  "1688",
			"Notes" :  "James after becoming king offended his subjects by displaying Catholicism but he dissolved it and terrified the subjects with a line of Catholic rulers. But they had Mary who got married to William of Orange and got invited by Parliament to overthrow James for protestantism. When the army marched into London and James fleed to France. This was called the Glorious Revolution."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Francisco Pizarro",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "-13,-74.3",
			"Start" :  "1533",
			"Notes" :  "The conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquers the powerful, and wealthy Incan Empire."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Russia\'s Time of Troubles",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_troubles",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "59.29, 34.86",
			"Start" :  "1598",
			"Notes" :  "During Ivan the Terrible\'s rule Russia overwnet a period of harsh, depressing time. Ivan had went insane and put so many people to death. Almost all the boyars and nobles he executed himself. Only those who promised to be loyal were spared. Manyimposters tried to claim the throne, but in the end none succeded. After Ivan died representatives of Russia finally chose a new ruler, Michael Romanov, which began the Romanov dynasty(1613-1917)"
		},
		{
			"label" :  "St. Petersburg",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_petersburg",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "60.4,30.59",
			"Start" :  "1703",
			"Notes" :  "To prmote education and growth, Peter went west towards finland in serch of new land to build upon. His army and him fought the Swedish to gain the baltic coast. He could now be attached to europe like he wanted and established this new land into St. Peterburg. He ordered many nobles and workers to come lieve in hsi new town to maintain developement."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Maria Theresa",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_of_Austria",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "47.51,14.551",
			"Start" :  "1740",
			"Notes" :  "Maria Theresa was Charles VI\'s female heir to all of the Hapsburg territories. Her rule was supposed to be a peaceful one but it was actually frought with war. Mainly she fought with Prussia which was a state in northern Austria. These many battles would eventually become known as The Seven Years War."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Peter the Great",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_The_Great",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "59.88,30.52",
			"Start" :  "1696",
			"Notes" :  "Peterthe Great was one of Russia\'s greatest reformers. He changed Russia for the better and modernized it. He established new architect ideas and rules. He even established a new city and lead the country to great victories."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "The First Democracy",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Athens",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "37.97,23.72",
			"Start" :  "-0600",
			"Notes" :  "The Greek city-state of Athens forms the first democracy where the people of the city voted on what needed to be done with the city."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Rome Develops a Republic",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rome",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "41.89,12.49",
			"Start" :  "-0509",
			"Notes" :  "Rome becomes the first government where the people elect representatives to the senate where those representatives then vote on what to do with the country."
		},
		{
			"label" : "French and Indian War",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England",
			"type" :  "War",
			"Start" : "1754",
			"Notes" : "French and Indian War erupts between France and England in North America."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Westernization- Peter the Great",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_The_Great#Early_reign",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "56.91,37.219",
			"Start" :  "1697",
			"Notes" :  "Insired by his trip to the West, Peter the Great brought all what he had seen and exerienced back to Russia. He wanted to westernize Russia. He wanted it to be more European. Heintroduced new foods, the newspaper, clothes, schools and and social status of women. He believed that this would make Russia more modern and in with Europe."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Hernando Cortez",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_cortez",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "19.4,-99",
			"Start" :  "1521",
			"Notes" :  "Hernando Cortez and his conquistadors go to what is now Mexico and conquer the wealthy Aztec Empire."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Christopher Columbus",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "24,-74.5",
			"Start" :  "1492",
			"Notes" :  "Christopher Columbus makes his first voyage to America(on accident)."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Henry VI",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "46.17,1.251",
			"Start" :  "1589",
			"Notes" :  "Henry was getting married to Catherines daughter when a massacre occured and many nobles died but Henry survived. He gave up Protestantism and became a Catholic. He went towards fixing France. Some people hated Henry because of his religious \"compromises.\" Then a person went into his carriage and stabbed him to death. His son Louis xiii ruled."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Phillip II",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "46.73,2.76",
			"Start" :  "1556",
			"Notes" :  "Phillip II was the son of Charles the V and inherited the Spanish Colonies and the Spanish Neverlands. The empire was split between Ferdinand and Philip. Philip II then inherited the Portuguese throne because the King had died without the heir and Phillip was his nephew. Phillip now had an empire that encircled all of the globe with all of Portuguese\'s  colonies and all the American colonies he already owned. Phillip then attacked England due to religious differences and triggered the beginning of the end of the spanish empire with the defeat of his armada."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "English Civil War",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "51.49,-0.126",
			"Start" :  "1642",
			"Notes" :  "Supporters and opposers in this time period fought the English Civil war over parliament. The supporters of Charles were the Calvaliers or Royalists adn the opposers were the Puritans or Roundheads. For a time neither side could get a lasting advantage."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Charles V",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "40.38,-3.53",
			"Start" :  "1519",
			"Notes" :  "Charles Vwas the King of Spain from about 1520 to about 1566. He was a strong supporter of Catholicism and disaproved of protestant religions. During his rule, Spain owned colonies in North America, the Netherlands, and parts of the far east. Charles V divided his empire between his son, Philip II, and his brother, Ferdinand."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "U.S. Constitution is Written",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Constitution",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "39.95,-75.16",
			"Start" :  "1787",
			"Notes" :  "In 1787,the U.S. Constitution is written, signifying the first ever country to break away from the mother country and form a new one."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Louis XIII",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_xiii",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "46.17,1.25",
			"Start" :  "1610",
			"Notes" :  "Louis XIII reigned but was a weak king. His minister Cardinal Richelieu made up for his weaknesses and sort of became the leader.He moved against Huguenots and weakened nobles\' power. Cardinal Richelieu then involved France in the 30 years War."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "The Netherlands Rebel Against Spain",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Revolt",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "52.0789,5.73",
			"Start" :  "1572",
			"Notes" :  "The Dutch were getting more and more tired with their Spanish rulers. They felt like they were getting the short end of the stick, and they wanted out. They felt like they could do a better job economically with their nation, and they wanted to practice their own religion instead of being an all Catholic state. And so in 1568, the Netherlands rebeled and becamse their own nation."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "The Defeat of the Spanish Armada",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_armada",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "51.13,-1.379",
			"Start" :  "1588",
			"Notes" :  "In 1588, Philip II sent about 130 ships to try and conquer England. He was tired of the Protestant English not being Catholic and opposing him in his rule. While the Engilsh fleet was outnumbered, The Spanish Armada was obliterated by Enland\'s superior manuevering and captains. The Enlish admiral was able to defeat the Spanish and start the beginning of the end of the Spanish empire."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Charles the Second",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "51.49,-0.126",
			"Start" :  "1660",
			"Notes" :  "In 1660 Charles II took over and restored the monarchy and started the period of Restoration.Iin his rein Parliament passed a guarantee of freedom called Habeas Corpus which gave the prisoners trial and could not be sentenced for no reason. Also they debated who should succeed him James, who had the Tories on his side but the Whigs opposing him."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "The Ten Commandments",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "29.58,33.96",
			"Start" :  "-1200",
			"Notes" :  "Moses brings down the Ten Commandments from Mt. Sianai as the laws for the Hebrews."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Portugal in South America",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "-5.2,-35.6",
			"Start" :  "1500",
			"Notes" :  "Pedro Cabral claimed what would become Brazil for Portugal being as it was the only Western area on teir side of the line."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Seven Years War",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "47.38,16.21",
			"Start" :  "1756",
			"Notes" :  [
				"The war began when Frederic the Great of Prussia decided to attck Austria\'s ally Saxony. The resulting war had France, Russia, and Austria",
				"fighting against Britain and Prussia. The war was fought acroos the world in India, Europe, and North America. Though the war did not change the territories in Europe, it did allow for Britain to gain the domination over trade in both North America and India."
			]
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Justinian Writes Legal Code",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian",
			"type" :   "Democracy",
			"LatLng" : "41,29",
			"Start" :  "0533",
			"Notes" :  "Justinian formalizes the laws of the Roman people and enforces these laws for the first time. He also gets rid of all the weird laws and instead, put in regular laws."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Louis XIV",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "43.95,1.74",
			"Start" :  "1643",
			"Notes" :  "In 1643 when Lois XIV became king, after his father\'s death, the real true ruler of France was Cardinal Mazarin. Some people hated Mazarin becasue he increased taxes. LAter Mazarin died and Louis took over when he was 22."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Expanding France",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France#The_Spanish_Succession",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "43.95,1.74",
			"Start" :  "1672",
			"Notes" :  "Louis invaded the Spanish Netherlands so that he could expand France\'s boundaries. He got 12 towns out of it. Then in 1672, he led an army to the Dutch netherlands but all he got was several towns. Than European wide alliance got together to stop France and have equal strength."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Jamestown",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_Settlement",
			"type" :   "Exploration",
			"LatLng" : "37.1,-76.6",
			"Start" :  "1607",
			"Notes" :  "England gets in on the action establishing the colony of Jamestown in North America."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Jean Baptiste Colbert",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Colbert%2C_marquis_de_Torcy",
			"type" :   "Monarchs",
			"LatLng" : "43.95,1.74",
			"Start" :  "1700",
			"Notes" :  "Louis wanted to help France with its economy but noone help to do this except for Colbert. Colbert tried to make France self-sufficient. After he died and France\'s economy slowed down."
		},
				{
			"label" : "Dutch open trade with Java",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1619",
			"Notes" : "In 1619 the Dutch open trade with Java along with many different countries including India. Was called the Dutch East India Company."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Manchus establish Qing Dynasty",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1644",
			"Notes" : "The Qing dynasty ruled for over 260 years and expanded China\'s borders to Taiwan, Mongolia, and Tibet"
		},
		{
			"label" : "Henry\'s Navigation school",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1419",
			"Notes" : "Prince Henry opens navigation school that let Portugal explore the new world."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Songhai Empire starts n Africa",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songhai_Empire",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1464",
			"Notes" : "The Songhai Empire begins in 1464 in West Africa. This became one of the largest African empires ever in Africa."
		},
		{
			"label" : "American Colonies declare ind.",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1776",
			"Notes" : "In 1776 American colonies revolted against the British and won their independence, the Declaration of Independence was signed."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Zheng He sails in Treasure ships",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1433",
			"Notes" : "Zheng He sails enormous treasure ships to colonies along south east asia collecting gold and silver for his self."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Tokugawa Shoguns in Japan",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shoguns",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1603",
			"Notes" : "In Japan many people were trying to take control of Japan until the Shoguns arrived. The Shoguns were military leaders."
		},
		{
			"label" : "First Enslaved Africans",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1511",
			"Notes" : "In 1511 the first Africans were enslaved and sent to the Americas. This started the all famous slave trade."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Treaty of Tordesillas",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1494",
			"Notes" : "Spain and Portugal for the longest time have been fighting over the lands in the new world. Until the pope divided it they still fought."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Samuel de Champlain",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain",
			"type" :  "Exploration",
			"Start" : "1608",
			"Notes" : "In 1608 Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec being a famous French sailor. He also helps in opening trade with France to North America."
		},
				{
			"label" : "Galileo Puts the Telescope to Good Use",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment",
			"Start" : "1610",
			"Notes" : [
				"Galileo Galilei became the first person to actually take a telescope or spy glass and look up at the stars. He made several discoveries, such as that Saturn had rings and that Jupiter had many moons. He published his works in a book titled Stary Messenger",
				"however, he was persecuted by the church for his findings and was placed under house arrest."
			]
		},
		{
			"label" : "Copernicus Publishes Heliocentric Theory.",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment",
			"Start" : "1543",
			"Notes" : "Copernicus challenged the idea that the sun revolved around the Earth. He published his findings that stated that the Earth wasn\'t the center of the universe and that instead, the Earth revolved around the sun."
		},
		{
			"label" : "The Scientific Revolution Begins",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Revolution",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment",
			"Start" : "1540",
			"Notes" : "During the mid 1500s, scientific thinkers began to question popular beliefs. Several scientists proposed radical new theories such as the Heliocentric theory, and Newton published his works on gravity and physics. However, the church persecuted these ideas as they contradicted what they believed."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Geocentric Theory",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_theory",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment",
			"Start" : "-400",
			"Notes" : "During the 4th Century B.C., Aristotle proposed that the Earth was the center of everything. This idea carried on for thousands of years where it was still the dominant theory until Copernicus proposed his Heliocentric theory."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Exploration Fuels the Need to Study Astronomy",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_exploration",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment",
			"Start" : "1494",
			"Notes" : "As people became more and more interested in sailing, the need for proper navigation skills became more and more prudent to learn. This encouraged people to think about advancing astronomy, opening the door for many scientific discoveries."
		},
		{
			"label" : "War ends",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance",
			"type" :  "Renaissance",
			"Start" : "1453",
			"Notes" : "`"
		},
		{
			"label" : "gutenberg bible printed",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance",
			"type" :  "Renaissance",
			"Start" : "1455",
			"Notes" : "Johanes Gutenberg develops the printing press and prints a bible, gutenberg bible."
		},
		{
			"label" : "The medici fam. takes over",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance",
			"type" :  "Renaissance",
			"Start" : "1434",
			"Notes" : "Medici family takes control over Florence."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Population of N.Europe grows",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance",
			"type" :  "Renaissance",
			"Start" : "1450",
			"Notes" : "The population of N. Europe was beginning to grow again."
		},
		{
			"label" : "King Henry Viii starts anglican church",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation",
			"type" :  "Reformation",
			"Start" : "1534",
			"Notes" : "King of england starts the church of england to turn kingdom to protestantism."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Ideas spread",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation",
			"type" :  "Reformation",
			"Start" : "1494",
			"Notes" : "A french king launches an invasion through northern Italy and many italian artists moved for a safer life in Northern Europe."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Martin luther begins reformation",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation",
			"type" :  "Reformation",
			"Start" : "1517",
			"Notes" : "In wittenberg, Martin Luther begins the reformation. Stands against actions of Friar Johann Tetzel."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Erasmus writes The Praise of Folly",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation\"",
			"type" :  "Reformation",
			"Start" : "1509",
			"Notes" : "Desiderius Erasmus, a christian humanist, writes his famous work that made fun of everyone."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Calvin publishes his book",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation",
			"type" :  "Reformation",
			"Start" : "1536",
			"Notes" : "Calvin publishes \"Institutes of the Christian Religion\" which talked about ideas of god, salvation, and human nature."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Renaissance begins",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance",
			"type" :  "Renaissance",
			"Start" : "1330",
			"Notes" : "The renaissance begins in italy city states like florence, milan, and mantua."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Jean Jacques Rousseau",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Jacques_Rousseau",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment+in+Europe",
			"Start" : "1762",
			"Notes" : "Philosophe Jean Jacques Rousseau writes about The Social Contract which was about a necessary agreement among free individuals to create a society and a government"
		},
		{
			"label" : "Diderot and the Encyclopedia",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_diderot",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment+in+Europe",
			"Start" : "1751",
			"Notes" : "The philosophe Denis Diderot creates a large set of books which contained many articles and essays from popular scientists and philosophrs and he called it the Encyclopedia"
		},
		{
			"label" : "Baron de Montesquieu",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Secondat%2C_baron_de_Montesquieu",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment+in+Europe",
			"Start" : "1748",
			"Notes" : "French writer the Baron de Montesquieu wrote a book proposing the seperation of power and the fact that \"power should be checked by power\" this idea would eventually becoming the system of checks and balances."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Mary Wollstonecraft",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_wollstonecraft",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment+in+Europe",
			"Start" : "1792",
			"Notes" : "Mary Wollstonecraft writes a book arguing that women need education in addition to men and women should enter the worlds of politics and medicine."
		},
		{
			"label" : "Voltaire",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment+in+Europe",
			"Start" : "1770",
			"Notes" : "Under them pen name Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet used satire in his writing against opponents in the clergy, aristocracy, and the government."
		},
		{
			"label" : "John Locke",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_locke",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment+in+Europe",
			"Start" : "1671",
			"Notes" : "Philosopher John Locke states that all men are born with the three natural rights of life, property, and the pursuit of happiness"
		},
		{
			"label" : "Thomas Hobbes and the Social contract",
			"Link" :  "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes",
			"type" :  "Enlightenment+in+Europe",
			"Start" : "1651",
			"Notes" : "Thomas Hobbes comes up with the idea that in order for people to gain law and order, they must put their faith and their rights into a more opwerful government and ruler."
		},
		
		{
			"label" :    "Indochina",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://www.imemc.org/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/nov2007/400_0___10000000_0_0_0_0_0_france_flag_file_2007.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1840-01-01",
			"LatLng" :   "11,107",
			"Notes" :    "French missionaries are killed in Vietnam and the French invade southern Vietnam. The French eventually would add Laos, Cambodia, and Northern Vietnam to their territory and basically run the territory and the government."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "The Jewel in the Crown",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company#Expansion",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://www.tomgpalmer.com/images/British%20Crown%20Jewels.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1784-07-07",
			"LatLng" :   "28.4,77",
			"Notes" :    "Before the Industrial Revolution, India was more valued for it\'s potential rather than its output. However, with the Industrial Revolution, India was now saw as a rich source of resources and labors, giving it the nickname \"The Jewel in the Crown.\""
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Zulus",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu",
			"type" :   "Imperialism",
			"Start" :  "1816",
			"LatLng" : "16.26,25.02",
			"Notes" :  "From the late 1700s the Zulus with their chief, Shaka, created a large centralized state, but later were overran by European guns and steel."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Berlin Conference",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_conference",
			"type" :   "Imperialism",
			"Start" :  "1884",
			"LatLng" : "52.31,13.25",
			"Notes" :  "To prevent conflict, 14 European nations met at this conference to lay down rules for the division of Africa, they agreed that any European country could claim African land."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Malayan Peninsula",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Southeast_Asia#European_colonization",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/LPG/50004~British-Flag-Posters.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1819-01-01",
			"LatLng" :   "2,103",
			"Notes" :    "The British set up at the port of Singapore to compete with the Dutch and get colonies in Burma or modern day Myanmar. The British advertise for the Chinese to come over and then the Malayans become the minority in their own country."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Dutch East Indies",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/z/za_voccc.gif",
			"Start" :    "1602-01-01",
			"LatLng" :   "-1,114",
			"Notes" :    "The Dutch East India Company beats the Poruguese, the British, and many other native peoples and conquer Malacca, Java, Sumatra, parts of Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, and Bali. They then combined them to for the Dutch East Indies."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "jamal al- Din al-Afghani sets up a tobacco boycott",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_al-Din_al-Afghani",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Sayyid_Dscham\u0101l_ad-D\u012Bn_al-Afgh\u0101n\u012B.jpg/230px-Sayyid_Dscham\u0101l_ad-D\u012Bn_al-Afgh\u0101n\u012B.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1890",
			"LatLng" :   "41,95",
			"Notes" :    [
				"Jamal al-Din al-Afghani supported the modernization of Peria, so he was outraged when he found out that Nasir al-din sold a concession to a British company to export Persian tobacco. Jamal al-Din then set up a tobacco boycott and it worked",
				"riots started and the concession was cancelled."
			]
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Muhammad Ali fights battles",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_of_Egypt",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/muhammadali1.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1831",
			"LatLng" :   "26,30",
			"Notes" :    "In 1831, Muhammad Ali fought a lot of battles and gained control of Syria and Arabia. Later, him and his heirs were known as the hereditary rulers of Egypt."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Nationalism Surfaces in India",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_nationalism",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Shivaji.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1905",
			"LatLng" :   "28.4,77.1",
			"Notes" :    "In 1905 the nationalists of India were inflamed by the partition of Bengal. This led to more conflicts between the nationalists and the British, leading to full on rebellion."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "The Sepoy Mutiny",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/1857_rebellion_map.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1857-05-10",
			"LatLng" :   "28.4,77.1",
			"Notes" :    "On May 10th, 1857, when British officers forced Hindu and Muslim soldiers to bite off cow and pork fat to open a cartridge for their guns refused to do so, they were jailed. Soon after, the Indian people marched to Delhi and rebelled against the British, sparking the Sepoy Mutiny."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Menelik II",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelik_II",
			"type" :   "Imperialism",
			"Start" :  "1889",
			"LatLng" : "6.18,45.55",
			"Notes" :  "Menelik II ruled the only African nation that successfully resisted the Europeans. He played european countries and gathered a large stockpile of weapons and resisted the Europeans."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "British East India Company Sets Up",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company#The_foundation_years",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/British_East_India_Company_flag.svg/640px-British_East_India_Company_flag.svg.png",
			"Start" :    "1608-07-07",
			"LatLng" :   "21,72.5",
			"Notes" :    "In the early 1600s, when European ships were scrambling to find a sea route to the orient, British explorers happened upon the port of Sarut in India. They set up shop there and soon became known as the British East India Company which exported goods from India back to England."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Boer war",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_War",
			"type" :   "Imperialism",
			"Start" :  "1881",
			"LatLng" : "14.35,23.53",
			"Notes" :  "The Boer war between the British and the Boerswas known as the first modern war, they fought for the land in South Africa and the resources it carried."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Siam",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siam",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://www.thaistudents.com/kingandi/siam/mongkut1.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1800-01-01",
			"LatLng" :   "16,102",
			"Notes" :    "Siam, or present day Thailand, mantains its independence throughout the coplonization. They do fine modernizing under the guidance of King Mongkut and he makes schools, and a better legal system and government, along with the ending of slavery."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Famines Sweep Across India",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism_in_Asia#The_British_in_India",
			"type" :   "Imperialism",
			"Start" :  "1884-07-07",
			"LatLng" : "21,77.5",
			"Notes" :  "Due to the fact that the English were switiching farms to grow cash crops, the Indian people suffered. They were not used to this diet of cash crops where their natural foods were being taken from them, causing famine."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Great Britain withdraws from Afghanistan",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Afghanistan",
			"type" :     "imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://www.shipping-international.com/_flags/afghanistan.gif",
			"Start" :    "1811",
			"LatLng" :   "33,67",
			"Notes" :    "After a lot of fighting, Great Britain finally withdraws from Afghanistan."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "Maxim gun",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Gun",
			"type" :   "Imperialism",
			"Start" :  "1884",
			"LatLng" : "46.39,4.59",
			"Notes" :  "The Maxim gun was invented in 1884 was the world\'s first automatic machine gun. Europeans quickly used these while Africans had to rely on outdated guns and old armor."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Crimean War",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_war",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/images/A005332.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1853",
			"LatLng" :   "44,34",
			"Notes" :    "The military conflict between Russia and great britain because Britain and france wanted to prevent the russians from gaining control of the Ottoman empire."
		},
		{
			"label" :    "Persia is pressured to change",
			"Link" :     "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire",
			"type" :     "Imperialism",
			"ImageURL" : "http://innertech.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/windowslivewriterwillthepersianempirecomebacktolife-1138c300px-rembrandt-belsazar22.jpg",
			"Start" :    "1857",
			"LatLng" :   "41,95",
			"Notes" :    "Persia resisted British demands but was forced to give up all claims to afghanistan."
		},
		{
			"label" :  "The Philippines",
			"Link" :   "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine#History",
			"type" :   "Imperialism",
			"Start" :  "1898-01-01",
			"LatLng" : "11,122",
			"Notes" :  "The United States gain the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam as a result of the Spanish American War and this led to some troubled uprising. This ended in a defeat of the rebels in the Philippenes by the U.S. but life in the area did not improve."
		}
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