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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance timespan
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Jan 13, 1346
The Black Death
It is believed that the devistation of the Black death has resulted in a shift in the world view of people in 14th-century Italy -
Feb 24, 1463
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher. -
Jan 14, 1492
Christopher Columbus
(First Voyage) - set sail from port of Palos, in southern Spain on August 3, 1492. Sighted land in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, discovered Cuba, Española, and other islands in West Indies. Returned March 4, 1493 -
Jan 15, 1494
Portugal claims Brazil.
Although Spain continues to claim land in South America, a large region remains outside its empire. In the Treaty of Tordesillas, Portugal claims Brazil and issues grants of land to Portuguese nobles. European settlers move to Brazil to farm brazilwood and sugar. -
Jan 1, 1503
Mona Lisa was painted
Leonardo da Vinci painted this famed Mona Lisa painting isn't a portrait of a local merchant's wife as we had originally been led to believe, but is actually based on his apprentice, Gian Giacamo Caprotti. -
Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo
Completed the statue of David.. It is a 5.17-metre marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence -
Apr 25, 1507
A German mapmaker names the "New World" America.
The Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci. The mapmaker names the region America, and the Caribbean islands Columbus initially explored are named the West Indies. -
Jan 1, 1508
Artist Raphael is Commissioned by Pope Julius II
An Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. -
Period: Jan 1, 1517 to
Reformation
a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches -
Jan 13, 1517
95 Thesis
Martin Luther passes his 95 thesis in Witenberg. A list of questions and propositions for debate. Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church. -
Feb 1, 1519
Hernan Cortés lands in Mexico.
Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernan Cortés lands on the coast of Mexico with 600 men, 16 horses, and a few cannons. While the Spaniards are vastly outnumbered by the Aztecs, they capture and demolish the capital city of Tenochtitlán in a brutal assault in 1521. Their actions inspire other conquistadors to conquer regions in the Americas. -
May 2, 1519
Leonardo da Vince
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Jan 14, 1521
Defender of the Faith
writing Assertio Septem Sacramentorum (Defence of the Seven Sacraments) in opposition to Luther, Henry VIII of England is rewarded with the title Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith) by Pope Leo X. -
Jan 14, 1522
German Bible
While at the Wartburg castle, Luther works on a translation of the Bible into German and publishes his New Testament translation (The Old Testament translation is posted later, in 1534). -
Sep 28, 1522
The Vittoria completes its circumnavigation of the globe.
completes the first circumnavigation of the globe, nearly three years after first setting out. While Ferdinand Magellan leads the initial expedition, he and four other ships do not survive the entire voyage. -
Jan 14, 1526
English Bible
William Tyndale (c. 1494-1536) publishes a translation of the New Testament in English. -
Jan 14, 1530
Augsburg Confession
Publication of the Confessio Augustana or Augsburg Confession, outlining Lutheran theology and practice. -
Jan 14, 1533
English Reformation
The marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void by Thomas Cranmer, Minister of Canterbury in disobedience of the Catholic church. Henry later marries Anne Boleyn. -
Aug 29, 1533
Francisco Pizarro executes the last Inca emperor.
Inspired by the success of Cortés in Mexico, Francisco Pizarro arrives in Peru in 1532. He capitalizes on the unrest in the Incan empire and quickly captures the Inca emperor, whom he executes in 1533. The Spanish spread across Ecuador and Chile, adding much of South America to Spain's empire. -
Jan 14, 1534
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII becomes supreme head of the Church in England, which separates from the Roman Catholic Church. -
Jan 14, 1549
Book of Common Prayer
Publication of the first version of the Book of Common Prayer in the Church of England. -
Jan 14, 1564
Death of John Calvin
Calvin dies and is succeeded by Theodore Beza.French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, -
Jul 28, 1576
Martin Frobisher sights land in North America.
Determined to find the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic Ocean and Asia, English explorer Martin Frobisher sets sail for North America. In 1576 he sights the coast of what is now Labrador, Canada. Despite three voyages, Frobisher is unsuccessful in finding the Northwest Passage. -
Armada
The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy. a sign of the strength and spirit imparted to the country by the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. However, some more recent historians claim that the English victory was no more than a lucky accident. -
Edict of Nantes
French Protestants (Huguenots) are granted toleration by Henry IV in the Edict. -
English merchants found the East India Company.
Hoping to exploit trade in East and Southeast Asia and India, a group of English merchants form the East India Company by royal charter. With this company, the English break the Spanish and Portuguese monopoly of the East Indian spice trade. The company later becomes involved in politics and acts as an agent of British imperialism in India. -
Dutch merchants found the Dutch East India Company.
In the late 1500s, the Dutch set up colonies and trading posts around the world. A group of wealthy merchants found the Dutch East India Company, which furthers their quest to be the major European commercial power in the east. The company also comes into conflict with the English East India Company. -
Moons of jupier
Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter. -
King James Bible
Publication of the KJV or Authorised Version, a translation for the Church of England. -
30 year war
The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest, most destructive conflicts in European history.
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Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV (1638-1715) revokes the edict, leading to an exodus of Protestants from France.
