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  • Jan 1, 1300

    Start of The Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1422

    Charles VII revives France and monarchy

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Age of Exploration

    The Age of Exploration, which lasted roughly between 1450 and 1600, is a term given to the period of European exploration in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
  • Feb 19, 1473

    The Scientific Revolution

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean

  • Nov 19, 1492

    Age of Exploration

  • May 4, 1493

    The Line of Demarcation divides the world between Spain and Portugal

  • Jun 7, 1494

    Portugal claims Brazil

  • Nov 27, 1494

    Hapsburg, Valois Wars

  • Jun 24, 1497

    John Cabot lands on the East Coast of North America

  • Jan 1, 1498

    Da Vinci finished "The Last Supper"

  • May 20, 1498

    Vasco de Gama reaches India after rounding Africa

  • Apr 25, 1507

    A German mapmaker names the "New World" America

  • Aug 24, 1511

    Portugal seizes Malacca

  • Jan 1, 1512

    Michelangelo finished the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

  • Jan 1, 1513

    Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses'

  • Jan 1, 1514

    Heliocentric theory of Copernicus

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Start of the Reformation

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Machiavelli wrote The Prince

  • Oct 30, 1517

    Start of Reformation

  • Oct 30, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Da Vinci finished the Mona Lisa

  • Nov 19, 1520

    Martin Luther publishes 3 books.

    One being, "To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation."
  • Nov 19, 1521

    Henry VIII wrote "Defense of the Seven Sacraments" in opposition to Luther

  • Jan 1, 1522

    First globe

  • Nov 19, 1522

    Martin Luther published the New Testament in German

  • Nov 19, 1526

    William Tyndale publishes the New Testament in English

  • May 21, 1527

    The reign of Phillip II

  • May 29, 1527

    Absolutism in Europe

  • Aug 29, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro executes the last Inca emperor

  • Dec 3, 1533

    Reign of Ivan the Terrible

  • Jan 1, 1534

    Henry VIII was declared the leader of the church of England in the Act of Supremecy

  • Nov 19, 1534

    Martin Luther published the Old Testament in German

  • Nov 19, 1535

    Thomas More is executed for refusing to support English reformation

  • Nov 19, 1536

    John Calvin publishes his work of systematic theology

  • Nov 15, 1542

    On the revolution of heavenly spheres

  • Nov 19, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I comes to power

  • Jan 1, 1563

    The council of trent met for the last time

  • Aug 24, 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

  • Jul 28, 1576

    Martin Frobisher sights land in North America

  • War of the Three Henry's

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Properties of gravity

  • Edict of Nantes

  • Kepler published astronomia nova

  • Reign of Louis XIII

  • Defrenestration of Prague

  • Thirty Years War

  • Galileo discovered the telescope

  • Cardinal Richelieu appointed

  • English civil war

  • English Civil War

  • Signing of the Peace of Westphalia

  • Peace of Westphalia

  • The Age of Enlightenment

  • Russian Polish Wars

  • Louis XIV takes full control of France

  • Jews allowed in England again.

  • The air pump

  • Russo-Swedish War

  • Scotland Independence from England

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Glorious Revolution

  • Height of Atlantic slave trade

  • Agricultural improvement and revolution.

  • War of Spanish Succession

  • England becomes Great Britain

  • Austria gains Spanish Netherlands

  • Austria gains northern Italy from Spain

  • Growth of European population

  • Isaac Newton death

  • Maria Theresa

  • Rise of the economic liberalism

  • Expansion of rural industry in Europe