jraybar chronology project By jraybar2020 Jan 1, 1300 Renaissance Begins Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg creates the printing press Feb 3, 1488 Dias travels to Southern tip of Africa Feb 3, 1492 Columbus travels to the new world Feb 3, 1493 Line of Demarcation Feb 3, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Feb 3, 1497 Cabot founds Newfoundland Feb 3, 1497 de Gama travels to India Jan 1, 1513 Machiavelli writes "The Prince" Feb 3, 1516 More publishes "Utopia" Feb 3, 1516 Charles I becomes king of Spanish Empire Feb 3, 1517 Luther posts "95 Theses" Feb 3, 1519 Charles I inherits Hapsburg Empire and becomes Charles V Period: Feb 3, 1519 to Feb 4, 1522 Magellan circumvents the globe Feb 3, 1521 Diet of Worms Luther Excommunicated Feb 3, 1521 Cortes captures Tenochtitlan Feb 3, 1532 Pizarro captures the Incan Empire Feb 3, 1533 Henry VIII creates Church of England Feb 3, 1534 Act of Supremecy Feb 3, 1534 Cartier explores the St. Lawrence River Feb 3, 1536 Calvin writes "Institutes of the Christian Religion" Feb 3, 1541 Calvin sets up a Theocracy in Geneva Feb 3, 1543 1543 Copernicus writes "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres" Period: Feb 4, 1545 to Feb 4, 1563 Council of Trent Feb 3, 1547 Edward VI takes throne in England Feb 3, 1553 Mary Tudor takes English throne Feb 3, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Feb 3, 1556 Charles V splits empire and leaves throne Feb 3, 1558 Elizabeth I takes English throne Feb 3, 1572 Bartholomew Day Massacre Feb 3, 1603 James I takes power in England Feb 3, 1607 Jamestown settled Feb 3, 1608 Champlain founds Quebec City Feb 3, 1610 Henry IV Assassinated/Louis XIII takes throne Feb 3, 1620 Plymouth settled Feb 3, 1625 Charles I takes throne inn England Feb 3, 1628 Petition of Right signed Period: Feb 4, 1629 to Feb 4, 1640 Parliament disbanded Feb 3, 1633 Galileo tried by Inquisition Feb 3, 1637 Descartes publishes "Discourse on Method" Period: Feb 4, 1640 to Feb 4, 1653 Long Parliament fights Charles I Feb 3, 1642 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister Feb 3, 1642 Richelieu dies and Mazarin takes position Period: Feb 4, 1642 to Feb 4, 1651 English Civil War Feb 3, 1643 Louis XIV takes throne Feb 3, 1649 Charles I beheaded Feb 3, 1660 Charles II takes throne Feb 3, 1661 Mazarin dies and Louis takes complete control Feb 3, 1685 Louis revokes Edict of Nantes Feb 3, 1685 James II takes throne Feb 3, 1687 Newton publishes theory on Gravity Feb 3, 1688 Glorious Revolution Feb 3, 1689 English Bill of Rights Feb 3, 1754 French and Indian War Feb 3, 1763 Treaty of Paris