AP EURO TIMELINE By lorcan_stack Period: Nov 21, 1394 to Nov 21, 1460 Life of Henry "The Navigator" Period: Nov 20, 1400 to Nov 20, 1650 Re-emergence of serfdom in eastren Europe Nov 21, 1415 European exploration and control of overseas territory Period: Nov 21, 1420 to Nov 21, 1485 Flow of vulcan slaves to eastren and westren medditerainian Period: Nov 21, 1422 to Nov 21, 1461 Charles the VII revives France and monarchy Period: Nov 21, 1434 to Nov 21, 1494 Medici family in power in Florence Nov 21, 1450 Ottoman Turks become new problems for explorers Nov 21, 1454 Invention of moveable type Period: Nov 20, 1462 to Nov 20, 1505 Reign of Ivan III in Russia Nov 21, 1469 Marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Argon Nov 21, 1477 Union of Burgundy and Habsburg dynasties Period: Nov 21, 1492 to Nov 21, 1570 After the arrival of Columbus population of hispanioal greatly decline Nov 21, 1494 Invasion of Italy by Charles VIII Of France Period: Nov 21, 1500 to Nov 21, 1527 High Renaissance (Leonardo, Raphael and Michaelangelo) Nov 21, 1503 Amerigo Vespucci wrote the first documented description of a continent othher than Asia Nov 21, 1506 Pope Julius II begins work of St. Peter's bascillica Period: Nov 21, 1508 to Nov 21, 1512 Michaelangelo paints ceiling of Sistine chapel Nov 21, 1517 Martin Luther "Ninety-Five Thesises on the power of indulgences" Nov 21, 1519 Ferdinand Magellen ordered by Charles V to find direct route to asia Nov 21, 1521 Diet of Worms Period: Nov 21, 1521 to Nov 21, 1555 Charles V's wars against Valois kings Nov 21, 1525 Peasants Revolt In Germany Period: Nov 20, 1533 to Nov 20, 1584 Reign of Ivan the Terrible in Russia Period: Nov 21, 1540 to Nov 21, 1690 Scientific Reveloution Nov 21, 1541 John Calvin, Genevan catechism Nov 21, 1543 Copernicus, "On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" Period: Nov 21, 1545 to Nov 21, 1563 Council Of Trent Nov 21, 1547 Ovideo's General History Of the Indes (Detailed eyewitness account of plants, animals and people) Nov 21, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Nov 21, 1555 Peace of Augsburg officially recognizes lutheranism Nov 21, 1559 Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis, Ended Habsburg-Valois Period: Nov 21, 1560 to Nov 21, 1589 Catherine De' Medici wanted civil and religious peace Period: Nov 21, 1564 to Nov 21, 1642 Life of Galileo Period: Nov 21, 1568 to Nov 21, 1578 Civil war in Netherlands Period: Nov 21, 1571 to Nov 21, 1630 Life of Kepler Aug 24, 1572 St. Bartholemew's Day Massacre Nov 21, 1581 Union Of Utrecht Declared independance from Spain Nov 21, 1587 Queen Of Scots Beheadded Nov 21, 1588 Spainish Armada Defeated Period: Nov 21, 1589 to Nov 21, 1610 Henry IV In France Nov 21, 1598 Published Edict of Nantes Nov 21, 1602 Dutch East India Company Founded Nov 21, 1608 Protestant Union Period: Nov 21, 1618 to Nov 21, 1648 Thirty-Years' War Nov 20, 1620 Habsburg crush Protestantism in Bohemia Period: Nov 20, 1620 to Nov 20, 1740 Growth of absolutism in Austria and Prussia Nov 21, 1635 birth of French Academy Period: Nov 20, 1640 to Nov 20, 1688 Reign of Fredrick William in Prussia Period: Nov 21, 1650 to Nov 21, 1790 Growth of Atlantic economy Period: Nov 21, 1650 to Nov 21, 1850 Agricultural improvement and reveloution Period: Nov 21, 1651 to Nov 21, 1663 British Navigation Acts Nov 21, 1652 Nikon reforms Russian Orthodox church Nov 21, 1660 Restoration of English monarchy under Charles II Nov 21, 1662 Royal Society of London founded Period: Nov 21, 1665 to Nov 21, 1683 Jean-Baptiste Colbert applies mercantilism to France Period: Nov 20, 1670 to Nov 20, 1671 Cossack revolt led by Razin Period: Nov 20, 1680 to Nov 20, 1750 Construction of Baroque palaces Period: Nov 20, 1683 to Nov 20, 1718 Habsburgs defend Vienna; win war with Ottoman Turks Nov 21, 1685 Edict Of Nantes Revoked Nov 21, 1687 Newton, "Principia" and law of universal gravitation Period: Nov 21, 1688 to Nov 21, 1689 Glorious Revloution in England Nov 21, 1690 Locke, "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" Period: Nov 21, 1690 to Nov 21, 1780 Enlightenment Period: Nov 21, 1694 to Nov 21, 1778 Life Of Voltaire Period: Nov 21, 1700 to Nov 21, 1789 Growth of book publishing Period: Nov 21, 1700 to Nov 21, 1790 Height of Atlantic slave trade Period: Nov 21, 1700 to Nov 21, 1790 Expansion of rural industry in Europe Period: Nov 21, 1701 to Nov 21, 1713 War of The Spainish Succession Nov 20, 1702 Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg Period: Nov 20, 1713 to Nov 20, 1740 Growth of Prussian Millitary Nov 21, 1713 Peace of Utrecht Nov 21, 1715 Death Of Louis XIV Period: Nov 21, 1720 to Nov 21, 1780 Rococo style in art and decoration Period: Nov 21, 1720 to Nov 21, 1789 Growth of European population Period: Nov 21, 1720 to Nov 21, 1780 Government-run foundling homes established Period: Nov 21, 1721 to Nov 21, 1722 Last of bubonic plague in Europe Period: Nov 21, 1740 to Nov 21, 1780 Salons led by elite women Period: Nov 21, 1740 to Nov 21, 1780 Reign of Maria Threasa in Austria Period: Nov 21, 1740 to Nov 21, 1786 Reign of fredrick the Great in Prussia Period: Nov 21, 1750 to Nov 21, 1790 Enlightened absolutists Period: Nov 21, 1750 to Nov 21, 1790 Rise of economic liberalism Period: Nov 21, 1750 to Nov 21, 1850 illegitamcy explosion Period: Nov 21, 1751 to Nov 21, 1765 Diderot and d'Alembert, "Encyclopedia" Nov 21, 1757 Madame Du Coudray, "Manual on the art of childbirth" Period: Nov 21, 1760 to Nov 21, 1815 Hieight of parliamentary enclosure in England Nov 21, 1762 Rousseau, "The Social Contract" Period: Nov 21, 1775 to Nov 21, 1783 American Reveloution Period: Nov 21, 1789 to Nov 21, 1799 French Revloution Nov 21, 1796 Jenner preforms first smallpox vaccination Period: Nov 21, 1799 to Nov 21, 1815 Napoleonic era