Western Civilization

Maritime School Opens

Feb 4, 1419

Prince Henry the Navigator founded a school for navigators on the southwestern coast of Portugal

Movable Type

Feb 4, 1450

Johannes Gutenberg invented the Movable Type

Copernicus

Period: Feb 11, 1473 to Feb 11, 1543

Reconquista of Spain

Feb 4, 1492

Christians drove Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula

Reconquista of Spain

Feb 4, 1492

Struggle between the Spainards and the invading Muslims

Columbus Reaches the New World

Feb 4, 1492

Columbus sails to the Americas

Sistine Chapel Painted

Feb 4, 1508

Michel Angelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Reign of King Henry VIII

Period: Feb 10, 1509 to Feb 10, 1547

John Calvin

Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1567

The Praise of Folly

Oct 10, 1511

Desiderius Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly

The Prince

Feb 4, 1513

Written by Niccolo Machiavelli

95 Theses

Feb 4, 1518

Written by Martin Luther

Magellan circumnavigates the world

Feb 4, 1519

Magellen sails around the World

Cortes Interacts with the Aztechs

Feb 10, 1519

Council of Trent

Feb 11, 1525

The Book of the Courtier

Feb 4, 1528

Written by Baldassare Castigilone

Act of Supremecy

Feb 11, 1534

Recognition of the Jesuits

Feb 11, 1540

Peace of Augsburg

Feb 11, 1555

Reign of Philip II of Spain

Period: Feb 10, 1556 to Feb 10, 1598

Reign of Queen Elizabeth I

Period: Feb 10, 1558 to Feb 10, 1603

William Shakespear

Period: Apr 26, 1564 to Apr 23, 1616

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Aug 24, 1572

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Feb 11, 1588

Rene Descartes

Period: Mar 31, 1596 to Feb 11, 1650

Edict of Nantes

Apr 13, 1598

Baroque Period

Period: Feb 11, 1600 to Feb 11, 1750

Rembrandt

Period: Jul 15, 1606 to Oct 4, 1669

Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden

Period: Feb 10, 1611 to Feb 10, 1632

Thirty Years War

Period: Feb 11, 1618 to Feb 11, 1648

Mayflower Compact

Feb 11, 1620

Cardinal Richelieu becomes Cheif Minister

Feb 11, 1624

John Locke

Period: Aug 29, 1632 to Oct 28, 1704

Trial of Galileo

Feb 11, 1633

Issac Newton

Period: Jan 4, 1643 to Mar 31, 1727

Reign of King Louis XIV of France

Period: Feb 10, 1643 to Feb 10, 1715

Peace of Westphalia

Feb 11, 1648

Leviathon

Feb 4, 1651

Written by Thomas Hobbes

Reign of Peter the Great

Period: Feb 11, 1682 to Feb 11, 1725

Glorious Revolution

Feb 11, 1688

War of Spanish Successiion

Period: Feb 11, 1701 to Feb 11, 1714

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Period: Jun 28, 1712 to Jul 2, 1778

War of Austrian Succession

Period: Feb 11, 1740 to Feb 11, 1748

On the Spirit of Laws

Feb 4, 1748

Written by Montesquieu

French and Indian War

Period: Feb 11, 1754 to Feb 11, 1763

Common Sense

Feb 4, 1776

Written by Thomas Pain