AP Euro Period 1 By efeng 1450 Start of our course/our studies in the Renaissance 1454 The Gutenberg Bible is published 1487 Dias sailed around the Cape of Good Hope 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue 1503 Da Vinci finishes the Mona Lisa 1504 Michelangelo finishes David 1512 The Medici return to Florence 1517 Martin Luther’s 95 Theses 1519 Cortes conquers the Aztec empire 1521 Diet of Worms (Luther excommunicated) 1534 Jesuits are founded 1543 Copernicus writes “On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres” 1543 Vesalius writes “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” 1545 Council of Trent is founded 1598 Edict of Nantes (Huguenot protection) 1607 Jamestown is founded 1608 The French settle in modern-day Quebec 1628 Harvey writes "De Moto Cordis” 1648 End of 30 years war and Peace of Westphalia 1704 Newton writes “Optics”