Western Civ By ratimeline Jan 1, 1439 J. Gutenburg Develops Movable Type Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing, around 1439. Feb 16, 1473 Copernicus Feb 1, 1492 Columbus Sailed the ocean blue :) Feb 12, 1492 Reconquista of Spain Jan 1, 1509 D. Erasmus' In Praise of Folly Feb 15, 1509 Reign of Henry VIII Feb 16, 1509 John Calvin Jan 1, 1512 Michaelangelo Paints Sistine Chapel Jan 1, 1513 N. Machiavelli's The Prince Jan 1, 1517 M. Luther, 95 Theses Feb 15, 1519 Magellen Circumnavigetes Feb 16, 1519 Hernan Cortes Discovers/Conquers the Aztecs Feb 4, 1528 Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier Feb 15, 1532 Est. of the Jesuits Feb 16, 1542 Council of Trent Established Feb 15, 1556 Reign of Phillip II of Spain Feb 1, 1558 Reign of Elizabeth I Feb 16, 1559 Act of supremacy Feb 15, 1564 W. Shakespear Feb 16, 1567 Peace of Augsburg Feb 15, 1596 Rene Descartes Feb 19, 1599 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre Feb 16, 1600 Baroque Period Feb 16, 1606 Rembrandt Feb 16, 1618 30 Years’ War Feb 16, 1620 Mayflower Compact Feb 16, 1624 Cardinal Richelieu as Chief Minister Feb 15, 1632 John Locke Feb 15, 1633 The Trial of Galileo Feb 15, 1642 Isaac Newton May 14, 1643 Reign of Louis XIV Feb 15, 1645 Beginning of Reign of Peter the Great Feb 16, 1648 Peace of Westphalia Jan 1, 1651 Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Feb 16, 1688 Glorious Revolution Feb 16, 1689 French & Indian War Feb 16, 1701 War of Spanish Succession Feb 15, 1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Feb 16, 1740 War of Austrian Succession Jan 1, 1748 Montesquieu, On the Spirit of Laws Jan 1, 1776 Thomas Paines, Common Sense
