Mike Burke's Timeline By Silent Mike Jan 1, 1418 Prince Henry the Navigator opens maritime school Jan 1, 1440 J. Guttenberg develops movable type Period: Jan 1, 1473 to Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus Jan 1, 1492 Reconquista of Spain Jan 1, 1492 Columbus Reaches the New World Jan 1, 1509 D. Erasmus' "In Praise of Folly" Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1547 Reign of Henry VIII of England Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1564 John Calvin Jul 8, 1512 Michaelangelo paints Sistine Chapel Jan 1, 1513 N. Machiavelli's "The Prince" Jan 1, 1517 M. Luther, "95 Theses" Jan 1, 1521 H. Corte`s interacts with Aztecs Jan 1, 1522 Magellan circumnavigates the world Jan 1, 1528 Castiglone, "The Book of The Courtier" Jan 1, 1534 Act of Supremacy Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563 Council of Trent Jan 1, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Period: Jan 1, 1556 to Jan 1, 1598 Reign of Phillip II of Spain Period: Jan 1, 1558 to Jan 1, 1603 Reign of Elizabeth I of England Jan 1, 1563 Estabolishment of the Jesuits Period: Jan 1, 1564 to Jan 1, 1660 W. Shakespear Jan 1, 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Jan 1, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Period: Jan 1, 1596 to Jan 1, 1650 Rene` Descartes Jan 1, 1598 Edict of Nantes Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1750 Baroque Period Period: Jan 1, 1609 to Jan 1, 1669 Rembrandt Period: Jan 1, 1611 to Jan 1, 1632 Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1648 30 Years' War Jan 1, 1620 Mayflower Compact Period: Jan 1, 1622 to Jan 1, 1632 Cardinal Richeliu's tenure as Cheif Minister to Louis XIII Period: Jan 1, 1632 to Jan 1, 1704 John Locke Jan 1, 1633 Trial of Galileo Period: Jan 1, 1643 to Jan 1, 1750 Reign of Louis XIV of France Period: Jan 1, 1643 to Jan 13, 1721 Isaac Newton Jan 1, 1648 Peace of Westfalia Jan 1, 1651 Thomas Hobbes, "Leviathan" Period: Jan 1, 1682 to Jan 1, 1725 Reign of Peter the Great Period: Jan 1, 1688 to Jan 1, 1689 Glorious Revolution Period: Jan 1, 1701 to Jan 1, 1714 War of Spanish Succession Period: Jan 1, 1712 to Jan 1, 1778 Jean-Jaques Rosseau Period: Jan 1, 1740 to Jan 1, 1748 War of Austrian Succession Jan 1, 1748 Montesqieu, "On the Spirit of the Laws" Period: Jan 1, 1754 to Jan 1, 1763 French & Indian War Feb 13, 1776 Thomas Pains, "Common Sense"