Western Civ Timeline 1

  • Jan 1, 1419

    Prince Henry the Navigator opens Maritime school

  • Feb 9, 1448

    Johannes Gutenberg develops movable type

  • Period: Feb 9, 1473 to Feb 9, 1543

    Copernicus' Life

  • Period: Feb 9, 1491 to Feb 9, 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII of England

  • Jun 9, 1492

    Reconquista of Spain ended

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus reached the New World

  • Jul 16, 1508

    Castiglione published The Book of the Courtie

  • Period: Feb 9, 1509 to Feb 9, 1564

    John Calvin's Life

  • Aug 30, 1511

    Erasmus completed Praise of Folly

  • Apr 11, 1512

    Michelangelo completed the Sistine Chapel

  • Sep 28, 1517

    Martin Luther wrote the 95 thesis

  • Apr 9, 1519

    Magellan Circumnavigates the World

  • Oct 12, 1519

    Hernan Cortez interacts with the Aztecs

  • May 28, 1532

    Machiavelli published Prince

  • Feb 9, 1534

    Jesuits were established

  • Mar 9, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

  • Jul 10, 1545

    Council of Trent was formed

  • Sep 9, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Period: Feb 9, 1556 to

    Phillip II of Spain Reign

  • Period: Feb 9, 1558 to

    Elizabeth I of Englands Reign

  • Period: Feb 9, 1564 to

    William Shakespeare's Life

  • Aug 24, 1572

    St Bartholemew's Day Massacre

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

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    Rene Descartes' Life

  • Edict of Nantes

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    Baroque Period

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    Rembrandt's Life

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    Gustavus II of Swedens Reign

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    30 Year's War

  • Mayflower Compact

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    Cardinl Richlelieu's tenure as Chief Minister to Louis XIII

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    John Locke's Life

  • Trial of Galileo

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    Isaac Newton's Life

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    Louis XIV of Frances Reign

  • Peace of Westphalia

  • Thomas Hobbes Leviathan created

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    Peter the Greats Reign

  • Glorious Revolution Begins

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    War of Spanish Succession

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Life

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    War of Austrian Succession

  • Montesquieu published On the Spirit of the Laws

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    French and Indian War

  • Thomas Pains Common Sense was written