Western Civilization

By jadabug307
  • Feb 12, 1418

    Prince Henry the Navigator opens maritime school

  • Period: Feb 12, 1418 to Feb 12, 1563

    Western Civilization

  • Feb 12, 1440

    J. Gutenberg develops movable type

  • Feb 14, 1473

    Copernicus

    Started in 1473, lasted till 1543.
  • Feb 14, 1492

    Reconquista of Spain

    Started in 711, lasted till 1492.
  • Feb 14, 1492

    Columbus reaches the New World

  • Feb 12, 1508

    J. Gutenberg develops movable type

    July of 1508 to October of 1512
  • Feb 12, 1509

    D. Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly

  • Feb 14, 1509

    Reign of Henry VIII of England

    Started in 1509, lasted till 1547
  • Feb 14, 1509

    John Calvin

    Started in 1509, lasted till 1564.
  • Feb 14, 1513

    N. Machiavelli’s The Prince

  • Feb 14, 1517

    M. Luther, 95 Theses

  • Feb 14, 1519

    Magellan circumnavigates the world

    Started in 1519, lasted till 1522
  • Feb 14, 1519

    H. Cortés interacts with Aztecs

    Started in 1519, lasted till 1521
  • Feb 14, 1528

    Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier

  • Feb 14, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

  • Feb 14, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Started in 1545, lasted till 1563.
  • Feb 14, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Feb 14, 1556

    Reign of Philip II of Spain

    Started in 1556, lasted till 1598
  • Feb 14, 1558

    Reign of Elizabeth I of England

    Started in 1558, lasted till 1603
  • Feb 14, 1563

    Est. of the Jesuits

  • Feb 14, 1564

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Started in 1564, lasted till 1660.
  • Feb 14, 1572

    St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • René Descartes

    Started in 1596, lasted till 1650.

  • Edict of Nantes

  • Baroque Period

    Started in 1600, lasted till 1750.

  • Rembrandt

    Started in 1606, lasted till 1669.

  • Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden

    Started in 1611, lasted till 1632.

  • 30 Years’ War

    Started in 1618, lasted till 1648.

  • Mayflower Compact

  • Cardinal Richelieu’s tenure as Chief Minister to Louis XIII

  • John Locke

    Started in 1632, lasted till 1704.

  • Trial of Galileo

  • Reign of Louis XIV of France

    Started in 1643, lasted till 1750.

  • Isaac Newton

    Started in 1643, lasted till 1727.

  • Peace of Westphalia

  • Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

  • Reign of Peter the Great

    Started in 1682, lasted till 1725.

  • Glorious Revolution

    Started in 1688, lasted till 1689

  • War of Spanish Succession

    Started in 1701, lasted till 1714

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Started in 1712, lasted till 1778.

  • War of Austrian Succession

    Started in 1740, lasted till 1748.

  • Montesquieu, On the Spirit of the Laws

  • French & Indian War

    Started in 1754, lasted till 1763.

  • Thomas Pains, Common Sense