World History Review Timeline

  • Period: 1450 to

    Age of Discovery

  • 1492

    Age of Discovery

    Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas
  • Period: 1500 to

    Height of the Renaissance

  • 1517

    Protestant Reformation

    Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
  • Period: 1517 to

    Protestant Reformation

  • 1518

    Age of Discovery

    Cortes conquers the Aztecs in Mexico
  • 1530

    Protestant Reformation

    Calvin creates a new form of Protestantism
  • 1534

    Protestant Reformation

    Henry VIII splits from the Catholic Church
  • Period: 1540 to

    Scientific Revolution

  • 1543

    Scientific Revolution

    Copernicus creates the heliocentric theory
  • 1558

    Protestant Reformation

    Elizabeth I creates the Anglican Church
  • Period: to

    English Civil War

  • Height of the Renaissance

    Charles II takes power (Restoration)
  • Scientific Revolution

    Newton creates the Laws of Gravity
  • Period: to

    Enlightenment

  • English Civil War

    William and Mary take power in England (Glorious Revolution)
  • Enlightenment

    Locke writes the Two Treatises of Government
  • Enlightenment

    Montesquieu writes the Spirit of Laws
  • Period: to

    Age of Revolutions

  • Period: to

    American Revolution

  • Period: to

    French Revolution

  • Period: to

    Reign of Terror

  • French Revolution

    Napoleon takes power
  • Age of Revolutions

    Haitian Independence
  • Period: to

    Napoleonic Wars

  • Age of Revolutions

    Father Miguel Hidalgo begins the Mexican Revolution
  • Age of Revolutions

    Simon Bolivar helps Venezuela with independence
  • Napoleonic Wars

    Congress of Vienna meets
  • Age of Revolutions

    Simon Bolivar helps Peru with independence
  • Age of Revolutions

    The U.S. issues the Monroe Doctrine
  • Unification of Germany

    Unification of Germany