1 st Semester Timeline Project By chasespillman 1492 Columbus discovers the New World http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm 1517 95 Thesis http://www.history.com/topics/martin-luther-and-the-95-theses 1598 Creation of the Edict of Nantes https://www.britannica.com/event/Edict-of-Nantes 1651 English Civil War https://www.britannica.com/event/English-Civil-Wars 1685 Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes https://www.museeprotestant.org/en/notice/the-period-of-the-revocation-of-the-edict-of-nantes-1661-1700/ 1688 Glorious Revolution https://www.britannica.com/event/Glorious-Revolution 1783 American Revolution www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history 1799 French Revolution www.history.com/topics/french-revolution 1815 Congress of Vienna www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/congvienna.html 1853 Matthew Perry opening Japan to trade https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/opening-to-japan