Mike Burke's Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henry the Navigator opens maritime school

  • Jan 1, 1440

    J. Guttenberg develops movable type

  • Period: Jan 1, 1473 to Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Reconquista of Spain

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus Reaches the New World

  • Jan 1, 1509

    D. Erasmus' "In Praise of Folly"

  • Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII of England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1564

    John Calvin

  • Jul 8, 1512

    Michaelangelo paints Sistine Chapel

  • Jan 1, 1513

    N. Machiavelli's "The Prince"

  • Jan 1, 1517

    M. Luther, "95 Theses"

  • Jan 1, 1521

    H. Corte`s interacts with Aztecs

  • Jan 1, 1522

    Magellan circumnavigates the world

  • Jan 1, 1528

    Castiglone, "The Book of The Courtier"

  • Jan 1, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563

    Council of Trent

  • Jan 1, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Period: Jan 1, 1556 to

    Reign of Phillip II of Spain

  • Period: Jan 1, 1558 to

    Reign of Elizabeth I of England

  • Jan 1, 1563

    Estabolishment of the Jesuits

  • Period: Jan 1, 1564 to

    W. Shakespear

  • Jan 1, 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

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    Rene` Descartes

  • Edict of Nantes

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    Baroque Period

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    Rembrandt

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    Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden

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    30 Years' War

  • Mayflower Compact

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    Cardinal Richeliu's tenure as Cheif Minister to Louis XIII

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    John Locke

  • Trial of Galileo

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    Reign of Louis XIV of France

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    Isaac Newton

  • Peace of Westfalia

  • Thomas Hobbes, "Leviathan"

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    Reign of Peter the Great

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    Glorious Revolution

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    War of Spanish Succession

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    Jean-Jaques Rosseau

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    War of Austrian Succession

  • Montesqieu, "On the Spirit of the Laws"

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    French & Indian War

  • Thomas Pains, "Common Sense"