Western Civ Timeline By courticia1314 Jan 6, 1419 Prince Henry the Navigator opens maritime school Feb 1, 1455 Gutenberg develops movable type Period: Jan 13, 1469 to Nov 13, 1714 Reconquista of Spain Period: Mar 6, 1473 to Jun 18, 1543 Copernicus Sep 12, 1492 Columbus reaches the new world Period: Jul 3, 1508 to Oct 8, 1512 Michelangelo paints the Sistine chapel Period: Jan 13, 1509 to May 16, 1564 John Calvin Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547 Reign of Henry the VIII of England Apr 13, 1511 Erasmus " Praise of Folly" Jan 30, 1513 Machiavellis " The Prince" Dec 15, 1517 M. Luther " 95 theses" Period: Oct 15, 1519 to Nov 13, 1521 Cortes interacts with Aztecs Nov 12, 1519 Megellan circumnavigates the world Jun 14, 1528 Castiglione " The book of the Courtier" Jan 13, 1534 Act of supemacy Jul 18, 1540 Establishment of the Jesuits Period: Mar 22, 1545 to Dec 13, 1563 Council of Trent Nov 12, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Period: Jan 16, 1556 to Sep 13, 1598 Reign of Phillip II of Spain Period: Nov 17, 1558 to Mar 24, 1603 Reign of Elizabeth I of england Period: Mar 13, 1564 to Jul 17, 1616 Shakespeare Nov 16, 1572 St Bartholomews dat massacre May 15, 1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada Period: Jan 10, 1596 to Jun 6, 1650 Descartes Jun 17, 1598 Edict of Nantes Period: Jun 17, 1600 to Jul 13, 1700 Baroque Period Period: Feb 13, 1606 to Feb 13, 1669 Rembrandt Period: Dec 31, 1610 to Sep 19, 1642 Cardinal Richelieus tenure Period: Feb 13, 1611 to Oct 15, 1632 Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden Period: Feb 14, 1611 to Jan 14, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV of France Period: Jun 15, 1618 to Jun 16, 1648 Thirty Years War Oct 23, 1620 Mayflower compact Period: Feb 13, 1632 to May 16, 1704 John Locke Jun 9, 1633 Trial of Galileo Period: Jun 9, 1642 to Jul 15, 1727 Isaac Newton May 16, 1648 Peace of Westphalia Jan 13, 1651 Thomas Hobbes, "Leviathan" Period: Jul 13, 1688 to Oct 13, 1689 Glorious Revolution Period: Apr 12, 1689 to Oct 12, 1725 Reign of Peter the Great Period: Jun 17, 1701 to Jun 13, 1714 War of Spanish Succesion Period: Jun 19, 1712 to May 10, 1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Period: Jun 17, 1740 to May 16, 1748 war of austrian succesion Dec 16, 1748 Montesquieu " On the Spirit of Laws" Period: Jul 20, 1754 to Jan 6, 1763 French and Indian War Sep 15, 1776 Thomas Paine " Common Sense"