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865
The Great Heathen (viking) Army lands in England
Defeated Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and established a Viking state, before losing to King Alfred when it tried to take his kingdom of Wessex. -
959
Danelaw established
Colonized by invading Danish armies in the late 9th century. -
1000
The second viking age
As the Danish kingdom became increasingly powerful, Viking raiders began to target the British Isles with a renewed ferocity. -
1000
The Vikings reach North America
Viking feet may have been the first European ones to ever have touched North American soil. -
1016
Danish King Cunt named King of England, Denmark and Norway
There is very little historic information on King Cnut even though he was the most powerful king in northern Europe in the early eleventh century. He was King of Denmark and England, for a time King of Norway and possibly lord of part of Sweden. -
1066
The end of the Viking age
The Viking age ended when the raids stopped. The year 1066 is frequently used as a convenient marker for the end of the Viking age. -
1308
Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy
Turned Classical Poetry on its head by turning his verses to the Political arena attacking immoral Popes and hypocritical sinners, he cast them into his inferno. -
1341
The first great humanist, Petrarch, is named the poet laureate of Rome
He was a devoted classical scholar who is considered the "Father of Humanism," a philosophy that helped spark the Renaissance. -
1419
Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral
Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. -
1450
Johannes Gutenberg invites the printing press
Invented around 1439, Gutenberg's movable type printing press initiated nothing less than a revolution in print technology. His press allowed manuscripts to be mass-produced at relatively affordable costs. -
1455
Gutenberg Bible printed
The Gutenberg Bible was among the earliest major books printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of printed books in the West. -
1469
Lorenzo de Medici becomes head of the city-sate of Florence
While Lorenzo de Medici craved power, he took the throne after his fathers spot after his death in 1469. Like his bloodline, Medici ruled through surrogates in the city council. -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus Reaches America
Christopher Columbus Discovers America in 1492 Columbus led his three ships. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands. -
1501
Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David
Michelangelo sculpted the sculpture David and worked constantly for over two years to create one of his most breathtaking masterpieces. -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
According to historians, Leonardo Da Vinci created the famous Mona Lisa between 1503 and 1517. The woman based off the painting is Lisa del Giocondo, a woman married to a wealthy silk merchant. Today, the original painting is held in the Louvre Museum in Paris. -
1510
Luther sent to Rome on mission for Augustinian order
In 1510, Augustine took a trip to Rome to represent monastery. -
1511
Raphael paints his masterpiece The school of Athens
While Raphael became the top most talented painter in his mid twenty's, he went on to do bigger better things. Between 1509 and 1511 Raphael created not only a painting, but created the marriage between philosophy, art, and science. -
Oct 31, 1517
Luther nails Ninety-Five Theses to Castle Church door in Wittenberg
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1519
Magellan Circumnavigates Globe
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1519
Cortes Conquers Aztecs
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Jun 30, 1520
Night of Tears
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1521
Phillip Melanchthon publishes first Luthern dogmatic test, Loci Theologici
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1521
First African Slaves in Americas
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Jan 3, 1521
Luther excommunicated by papal bull Decet Romanum Pontficem
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1526
Diet of Speyer grants german princes right to establish religion in their territory
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1527
Rome is sacked by the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
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1532
Pizarro Invades Peru
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1539
Catholic counter-Reformation begins in earnest
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1540
Ignatius Loyola Founded Jesuits
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1544
Sweden declares Luthernism to be state religion
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1565
St. Augustine Founded
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Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter
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Spanish War of Independence
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Simon Bolivar and South American Independence Movement
