world history ll timeline

  • 1400

    The Renaissance begins

  • 1419

    prince henry navigation school founded

  • May 29, 1453

    fall of Constantinople

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers America

    Columbus discovers America
  • 1502

    Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa

  • 1511

    Erasmus' Praise of Folly published

  • Oct 31, 1517

    95 these is nailed to Wittenburg church

  • 1519

    mona lisa finished

    mona lisa finished
  • Sep 20, 1519

    Magellan Circumnavigates the globe

  • 1520

    peak of ottoman empire

  • 1521

    Pissarro conquered the Aztecs

  • 1526

    start of Mughal empire

  • 1528

    Tobacco introduced to Europe

    Tobacco introduced to Europe
  • 1534

    Anglican Church started

    Anglican Church started
  • 1543

    Copernicus' Heliocentric theory published

  • Dec 13, 1545

    Council of Trent

  • 1566

    Michelangelo's David

    Michelangelo's David
  • Defeat of Spanish Armada

  • Galileo's first telescope built

  • William Harvey discovered human blood circulation

  • Taj Mahal is built

  • Newton's Laws of Gravity published in the Principia

    Newton's Laws of Gravity published in the Principia