AP Euro Timeline By ayeitsairha Period: Jul 1, 1266 to Jan 8, 1337 Giotto Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500 Italian Renaissance Period: Jul 20, 1304 to Jul 19, 1374 Petrarch Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Dec 13, 1466 Donatello Period: Mar 4, 1394 to Nov 13, 1460 Henry the Navigator Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1543 Age of Portuguese Exploration and Expansion Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519 Da Vinci May 29, 1453 Ottoman takeover of Constantinople Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg's Printing Press Period: Jan 28, 1457 to Apr 21, 1509 Henry VII Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Aug 11, 1519 Tetzel Period: May 3, 1469 to Jun 21, 1527 Machiavelli Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564 Michelangelo Period: Jan 1, 1480 to Jan 1, 1603 Northern Renaissance Period: Apr 6, 1483 to Apr 6, 1520 Raphael Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546 Luther Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Oct 11, 1531 Zwingli Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jul 31, 1556 Loyola Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jan 28, 1547 Henry VIII Jan 1, 1492 3Spain3 (Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews) Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1660 Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion Jan 1, 1494 French Invades Italy Period: Sep 12, 1494 to Mar 31, 1547 Francis I Period: Feb 24, 1500 to Sep 21, 1558 Charles V Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1564 Calvin Period: Jan 1, 1510 to Jan 1, 1511 "The School of Athens" Jan 1, 1513 The Prince Period: Mar 28, 1515 to Oct 4, 1582 Teresa of Avila Oct 31, 1517 95 Theses Period: Oct 31, 1517 to Oct 24, 1648 Reformation Jan 1, 1521 Growth of Lutheranism Jan 1, 1540 Growth of Calvinism Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus' On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1648 Catholic Reformation / Counter-Reformation Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563 Council of Trent Sep 25, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Feb 24, 1558 Abdication of Charles V Jul 29, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Apr 13, 1598 Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV Mar 24, 1603 Elizabeth I of England died Jan 1, 1618 Beginning of the 30 Years' War Jan 1, 1649 Charles I is executed and Cromwell came to power in England