Renaissance, Reformation and Age of Exploration By ilikesocks Sep 18, 1381 Peasants Revolt Sep 18, 1415 Jan Hus is burned at the stake in Rome Sep 18, 1440 Gutenberg invents the Printing Press Jan 1, 1453 Fall of Constanstinople Sep 18, 1492 Columbus "discovers" America Sep 22, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Sep 22, 1497 Vasco de Gama finds water route to India Sep 18, 1503 Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Period: Sep 18, 1508 to Sep 18, 1512 Michealangelo paints the Sistine Chapel Sep 18, 1517 Posting of the 95 Thesis Sep 22, 1519 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Sep 18, 1521 Diet of Worms Sep 22, 1521 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Sep 18, 1531 Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church Period: Sep 18, 1531 to Sep 18, 1554 Papacy of Pope Leo X Sep 18, 1541 John Calvin sets up Theocracy in Geneva Sep 22, 1541 Bartholomew Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa Sep 22, 1564 Shakespeare is born Sep 18, 1588 Elizabeth defeats Spanish Armada Sep 22, 1609 Galileo invents the telescope
