End of the First 9 weeks Timeline By hcps-simmonska 501 Anglican Church started Dec 31, 1400 The Renaissance Dec 31, 1418 Prince Henry's School Founded May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Dec 31, 1492 Columbus discovers America Jun 1, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Dec 31, 1497 Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa Dec 31, 1509 Erasmus’ Praise of Folly Oct 31, 1517 95 Theses Dec 31, 1517 Mona Lisa finished Sep 20, 1519 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Aug 13, 1521 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Dec 31, 1523 Tobacco introduced to Europe Dec 31, 1526 Start of Mughal Empire Dec 31, 1532 Pizarro conquered the Incas Dec 31, 1543 Copernicus' heliocentric theory published Dec 31, 1545 Council of Trent Dec 31, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Dec 31, 1599 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Dec 31, 1609 Galileo’s first telescope Dec 31, 1615 William Harvey discovered circulation of blood Dec 31, 1637 Discartes’ Discourse on Method Dec 31, 1648 Taj Mahal built Dec 31, 1665 Newton’s Laws of gravity Dec 31, 1683 Peak of Ottoman Empire Oct 30, 1878 30 Years War
