Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Discovery

  • Dec 31, 1399

    Prince Henry sponsors Portuguese Explorers

  • Jan 1, 1440

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovered the

  • Dec 31, 1492

    Columbian Exchange

  • Jul 7, 1497

    Vasco De Gama

  • Dec 31, 1499

    Spanish settlers and missionaries

  • Jan 15, 1501

    Michelangelo made David

  • Jan 1, 1503

    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa

  • Jan 1, 1511

    Raphael paints The School of Athens

  • Jan 1, 1520

    Martin luther pinned 95 theses on the church door

  • Aug 12, 1521

    Hernan Cortes

  • Jan 1, 1522

    German Bible

  • Jan 1, 1526

    English Bible

  • Jan 1, 1533

    3. Henry the 8th became the head of the English church

  • Jan 1, 1534

    Society of Jesus

  • Jan 1, 1549

    Book of Common Prayer

  • Dec 31, 1549

    The Commercial Revolution

  • Jan 1, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Jan 1, 1559

    Queen Elizabeth the first, first ruled England

  • Jan 1, 1563

    39 Articles

  • Jan 1, 1568

    Edict of Nantes

  • Triangular Trade

  • samuel champlain traveled to the top of north America, former Canada

  • Synod of Dort

  • Pilgrims

  • sir Isaac newton came up with the idea of gravity

  • Revocation of the Edict of nantes

  • Treaty of Paris