|1529: Christians Europeans defeated the Muslim Ottoman Turks
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|1529: Christian Europeans defeated the Muslim Ottoman Turks
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|9/11/1683, Gates of Vienna
|9/11/1683, Gates of Vienna
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|Ferdinand Magellan
|Ferdinand Magellan
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|1519-1522: led the first successful voyage to go around the world, going through the [[traits of Magellan]] near the southern tip of South America. Magellan himself was killed by Philippine natives prior to completing the last leg of the journey.
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|1519-1522: led the first successful voyage to go around the world, going through the [[Straits of Magellan]] near the southern tip of South America. Magellan himself was killed by Philippine natives prior to completing the last leg of the journey.
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|Results of Magellan's voyage
|Results of Magellan's voyage
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|steamboat
|steamboat
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|a waterborne ship useful to the Industrial Revolution which was powered by a steam engine, with the steam produced by burning coal (or less often, wood); today steamboats are powered by diesel gasoline
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|a waterborne ship useful to the Industrial Revolution which was powered by a steam engine, with the steam produced by burning coal (or less often, wood); today boats are powered by diesel gasoline