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Period: 1400 to
The Renaissance period begins
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1419
Prince Henry's Navigation School Found
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May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
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Nov 12, 1492
Columbus Discovers America
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1498
Vasco De Gama Finds Water Route around the tip of Africa
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1501
Michelangelo's David
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1511
Erasmus' Praise of Folly Published
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1517
Martin Luther Posted the 95 Theses
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1519
Mona Lisa Finished
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Sep 20, 1519
Magellan Circumnavigates the Globe
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Period: 1520 to 1566
Peak of The Ottoman Empire
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1521
Cortez Conquers the Aztecs
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Apr 17, 1521
Martin Luther was put on Trail at Diet of Worms
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1526
Start of The Mughal Empire
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1528
Tobacco Was introduced to Europe
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1532
Pissarro Conqueror's the Incas
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1534
Anglican Church founded
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1543
Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory Published
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Period: 1545 to 1548
Council of Trent
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar published
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Galileo's First Telescope built
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William Harvey Discovered Blood circulation
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Taj Mahal was Built
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Newton's Laws of Gravity Published