AP Euro dates By davincicodeblue Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1500 Italian Renaissance Period: Jan 1, 1266 to Jan 1, 1337 Giotto- Florence Painter and Architect Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374 Petrarch- Italian scholar poet, and humanist Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Jan 1, 1466 Donatello- Florence painter and sculptor Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460 Henry the Navigator Period: Jan 1, 1414 to Jan 1, 1450 Francis I, Duke of Brittany Period: Jan 1, 1419 to Jan 1, 1600 Portuguese Exploration and Expansion Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1500 Northern Renaissance Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Jan 1, 1519 da Vinci- Italian polymath Jan 1, 1453 Ottoman Takeover of Constantinople Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg's Printing Press Period: Jan 1, 1457 to Jan 1, 1509 Henry VII Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Jan 1, 1519 Tetzel- German preacher, sold indulgences Period: Jan 1, 1469 to Jan 1, 1527 Machiavelli- Italian political theorist Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1564 Michelangelo- italian sculptor, painter, engineer Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520 Raphael- Italian painter and architect Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546 Luther- German monk, priest, figure of Protestant Reformaton Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Jan 1, 1531 Zwingli- Swiss leader of Reformation Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1556 Loyola- theologian, founded Jesuits Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1547 Henry VIII Jan 1, 1492 Granada Conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1700 Spanish Exploration and Expansion Jan 1, 1494 France invades Italy Jan 1, 1500 The Protestant Reformation Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1558 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1564 Calvin- founder of Calvinism Jan 1, 1510 School of Athens Jan 1, 1513 The Prince Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Jan 1, 1582 Teresa of Avila- Spanish nun, writer of Counter Reformation Jan 1, 1517 95 theses Jan 1, 1520 Growth of Lutheranism Jan 1, 1534 Growth of Calvinism Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus' On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1648 Catholic Reformation Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563 Council of Trent Jan 1, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Jan 1, 1556 Charles V abdicates Jan 1, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1598 Edict of Nantes passed b Henry IV Jan 1, 1603 Elizbeth I of England died Jan 1, 1618 Beginning of the 30 years' war Jan 1, 1649 Charles I executed, Cromwell in power in England