End of 1st 9 weeks timeline By StoreyR Jan 1, 1419 Prince Henry’s School founded Jan 1, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Jan 1, 1492 Columbus discovers America Jan 1, 1494 Treaty of tordasillas Jan 1, 1497 Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa Jan 1, 1509 Erasmus’ Praise of Folly Jan 1, 1517 Mona Lisa Finished Oct 31, 1517 95 theses Nov 6, 1519 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Jan 1, 1520 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Jan 1, 1526 Start of Mughal Empire Jan 1, 1531 Tobacco introduced to Europe Jan 1, 1533 Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas Jan 1, 1533 Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas Jan 1, 1534 Anglican Church started Jan 1, 1540 Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published Jan 1, 1563 Council of Trent Jan 1, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Sep 21, 1599 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Jan 1, 1609 Galileo’s first telescope Jan 1, 1632 Taj Mahal built Jan 1, 1637 Discartes’ Discourse on Method 1637 Jan 1, 1648 30 years war Jan 1, 1657 William Harvey discovered circulation of bold Jan 1, 1687 Newton’s Laws of gravity 1687 Jan 1, 1700 The Renaissance Jan 1, 1918 Peak of Ottoman Empire