End of First 9 weeks timeline assignment By John Kresge Jan 1, 1400 The Renaissance Jan 1, 1418 Prince Henry’s School founded Jan 1, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Jan 1, 1481 Peak of Ottoman Empire Jan 1, 1492 Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa Jan 1, 1492 Columbus discovers America Jan 1, 1492 Tobacco introduced to Europe Jan 1, 1494 Treaty of tordasillas Jan 1, 1500 Start of Mughal Empire Jan 1, 1509 Erasmus’ Praise of Folly Jan 1, 1517 Mona Lisa finished Jan 1, 1517 95 theses Jan 1, 1519 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Jan 1, 1519 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Jan 1, 1524 Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas Jan 1, 1534 Anglican Church started Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published Jan 1, 1545 Council of Trent Jan 1, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1609 Galileo’s first telescope Jan 1, 1618 30 year war Jan 1, 1628 William Harvey discovered circulation of bold Jan 1, 1632 Taj Mahal built Jan 1, 1637 Discartes’ Discourse on Method Jan 1, 1687 Newton’s Laws of gravity