Semester Timeline

By abenn7
  • 1415

    Gold and fortune

    After fighting in a civil war in Northern Africa, Prince Henry brought back tons of gold and fortune
  • 1420

    In Exile

    Gutenburg is put into exile
  • 1439

    Confidential production project

    Gutenburg is involved in a confidential production project
  • 1455

    First book printed

    Gutenburg created the first book ever printed in Europe from movable type, it was the "Forty-Two-Line" Bible.
  • 1476

    Accused of Sodomy

    Leonardo is accused of sodomy and then he is publicly humiliated.
  • 1492

    Erasmus was in poverty

    Poverty forced Erasmus into monastery life and he was made into a Catholic priest
  • 1492

    Reached America

    Christopher Columbus and his crew made landfall. They thought they had reached Asia, but they were wrong; they had reached America.
  • 1498

    The Last Supper

    Leonardo painted the Last Supper.
  • 1503

    Mona Lisa

    Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa
  • 1504

    The David

    Michelangelo completed The David
  • 1504

    Haiti

    Hernan Cortez decided to sail to the New World. He sailed to what is now Haiti.
  • 1512

    Sistine chapel

    Michelangelo finished the Sistine chapel.
  • 1519

    Gresham's law

    Nicolaus Copernicus formulated an economics principle and was later called Gresham’s law.
  • 1521

    Excommunicated

    Martin Luther is excommunicated
  • 1521

    Philiphines

    Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
  • 1521

    Aztec Empire

    With Montezuma dead, Cortes took over the Aztec's capital city. It was the end of the Aztec Empire.
  • 1523

    Erasmus condemned Luther's methods

    Though Erasmus supported Protestant ideals, he was against the radicalism of some of its leaders, and, in 1523, he disapproved Luther's methods in De libero arbitrio.
  • 1524

    Spiritual Exercises

    'Spiritual Exercises' authored by Ignatious Loyola
  • 1531

    Head of the Church

    Henry VIII became head of the Church in England and Wales as far as the word of God Allows.
  • 1532

    First work

    John Calvin published his first work
  • 1546

    Chief Architect

    Michelangelo got chosen to be the chief architect at St Peter's and the Farnese Palace.
  • 1558

    Queen Mary I dies

    Queen Mary I dies and Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth I
  • 1567

    Drake Escapes

    Drake sails with John Hawkins to the New World where they are trapped by Spanish fleet that attacks and kills 500 Englishmen. Drake escapes on the Judith
  • 1570

    Excommunication

    Elizabeth is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by the Pope
  • 1570

    Soldier

    Miguel de Cervantes became a soldier and also fought in the battle of Lepanto
  • 1577

    sails around the world

    Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe on the Golden Hind.
  • first piece

    Miguel de Cervantes published his first piece of work called La Galatea
  • theaters shut

    London theaters are closed due to an outbreak of bubonic plague that kills about five percent of the city's residents. Shakespeare uses the break to write poetry.
  • Globe Theatre

    The Globe Theater is built.
  • Hamlet

    William Shakespeare writes Hamlet.
  • bachelor degree

    Thomas Hobbes got his bachelor degree of Thucydides.
  • Astronomia Nova

    Johannes Kepler published the Astronomia Nova.
  • Heliocentric banned

    Heliocentric books were banned and Galileo was told to hold back teaching, or defending Heliocentric.
  • Monarch

    Charles I was named monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland until death.
  • Election

    Oliver Cromwell was elected to Parliament
  • King

    Charles II was proclaimed by the Parliament Of Scotland as king on February 5th.
  • Lord Protector

    Oliver Cromwell served as the Lord Protector of Commonwealth for England, Scotland and Ireland.
  • Ruler

    Peter the Great ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7th of May until death.
  • Book

    Isaac Newton's book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was published.
  • returns

    John Locke returns to England on November 5th.
  • Glorious Revolution

    The English Parliament offered William and Mary the throne as joint monarchs, which is known as the Glorious Revolution.
  • Lettres Persanes

    Baron de Montesquie surprised close friends by publishing his Lettres Persanes.
  • Table of Ranks

    Peter the Great introduced the system of Table of Ranks.
  • discourse of the arts and sciences

    Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote “Discourse of the Arts and Sciences.”
  • candide

    Voltaire writes his most famous philosophical tale, Candide.
  • Command

    Napoleon Bonaparte is given the command of the French army of Italy
  • The beginning of the French Revolution

    The French Revolution began
  • Executed

    Louis XVI was executed by Guillotine for treason
  • national hero

    Jean Jacques Rousseau was a national hero in the Pantheon in Paris.
  • Battle of Lodi

    Napoleon Bonaparte wins the battle of Lodi on May 10th
  • Battle of Rivoli

    Napoleon Bonaparte wins the Battle of Rivoli
  • The French Revolution ended

    The French Revolution ended in this year, it lasted 10 years.
  • art

    Eugene Delacroix returned to Paris with new ideas for his art.