Euro Timeline By hyperspeed Period: Sep 25, 1266 to Sep 25, 1337 Giotto Period: Sep 26, 1304 to Sep 26, 1374 Petrarch Period: Sep 26, 1350 to Sep 26, 1550 Italian Renaissance Period: Sep 26, 1386 to Sep 26, 1466 Donatello Period: Sep 26, 1394 to Sep 26, 1460 Henry the Navigator Period: Sep 26, 1420 to Sep 26, 1700 Age of Portuguese Exploration and Expansion Peak at 16th century Period: Sep 26, 1450 to Sep 26, 1700 Northern Renaissance Period: Sep 26, 1452 to Sep 26, 1519 Da Vinci Jan 1, 1453 Ottoman takeover of Constantinople Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg's Printing Press Period: Sep 26, 1457 to Sep 26, 1509 Henry VII Period: Sep 26, 1465 to Sep 26, 1519 Tetzel Period: Sep 26, 1469 to Sep 26, 1527 Machiavelli Period: Sep 26, 1475 to Sep 26, 1564 Michelangelo Period: Sep 26, 1483 to Sep 26, 1546 Luther Period: Sep 26, 1484 to Sep 26, 1520 Raphael Period: Sep 26, 1484 to Sep 26, 1531 Zwingli Period: Sep 26, 1491 to Sep 26, 1556 Loyola Sep 25, 1492 3Spain3 Period: Sep 26, 1492 to Sep 26, 1650 Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion Sep 26, 1494 French Invades Italy Period: Sep 26, 1494 to Sep 26, 1547 Francis I Period: Sep 26, 1500 to Sep 26, 1600 Reformation Period: Sep 26, 1500 to Sep 26, 1558 Charles V Period: Sep 26, 1509 to Sep 26, 1564 Calvin Period: Sep 26, 1509 to Sep 26, 1547 Henry VIII Sep 26, 1510 "The School of Athens" Sep 25, 1513 The Prince Period: Sep 26, 1515 to Sep 26, 1582 Teresa of Avila Sep 25, 1517 95 Theses Sep 26, 1520 Growth of Lutheranism Begins Sep 26, 1541 Growth of Calvinism begins Sep 25, 1543 Copernicus' On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies Period: Sep 26, 1545 to Sep 26, 1563 Council of Trent Period: Sep 26, 1545 to Sep 26, 1648 Catholic Reformation Sep 25, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Sep 26, 1556 Abdication of Charles V Sep 25, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Sep 25, 1598 Edict of Nantes Passed by Henry IV Sep 25, 1603 Elizabeth I of England died Sep 25, 1618 Beginning of the 30 years' war Sep 25, 1649 Charles I is executed and Cromwell came to power in England