World II By DocF Period: 962 to 1806 Holy Roman Empire Period: 1450 to 1800 Commercial Revolution Period: 1450 to 1600 Age of Exploration 1456 Printing Press 1492 Jews Expelled from Spain Period: 1500 to 1700 Triangle Trade Period: 1500 to 1700 Mercantilism as an Economic Theory Oct 31, 1517 Luther's 95 Theses Period: 1524 to 1563 Counter Reformation 1536 John Calvin publishes major work 1543 Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory Period: 1543 to 1687 Scientific Revolution 1545 Council of Trent 1545 Spanish silver leads to Price Revolution 1602 Dutch East India Company Founded 1609 Bank of Amsterdam Founded 1620 Pilgrims come to America Seeking to escape religious persecution, 1632 Galileo Publishes About Heliocentric Universe 1634 Tulipmania Period: 1638 to 1715 Reign of King Louis XIV 1651 Hobbes' Leviathan 1689 Locke's Second Treatise on Government Period: 1714 to 1804 Enlightenment 1776 American Revolution 1789 French Revolution 1833 Britain Abolishes Slavery