ap euro timeline 1450-1648 By fluffyubecakes Period: 1440 to 2017 printing press Period: 1450 to 1648 Commercial Revolution Apr 6, 1453 Defeat of Byzantine Empire by Ottoman Turks Period: 1490 to 1527 High Renaissance 1492 Discovery of America 1492 Unification of Spain Period: 1509 to 1564 Rise of Calvinism Period: 1511 to 2017 Spice Trade 1517 95 thesis 1517 Rise of Lutheranism Period: 1517 to 1648 Protestant Reformation 1532 Machiavelli's "the prince" 1533 Marriage of Henry VII and Anne Boleyn 1543 Scientific Revolution 1545 Catholic Reformation Period: 1545 to 1563 Council of Trent Period: 1553 to Nov 17, 1558 Ruling of Queen Mary Tudor Aug 24, 1572 Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre Apr 13, 1598 Edict of Nantes Oct 24, 1648 Peace of Westphalia