Europe 1400-1600 By rjhoward16 Apr 4, 1397 Bank Medici established Apr 4, 1400 Renaissance begins Apr 4, 1439 Gutenberg Printing Press Invented Apr 4, 1440 Ivan III revolts against Mongol rule Apr 4, 1453 Ottomans take control of Byzantine Empire Apr 4, 1454 Treaty of Lodi signed Apr 4, 1469 Isabella and Ferdinand marry Apr 4, 1492 Discovery of Americas Apr 4, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Apr 4, 1494 Italian Wars Apr 4, 1495 Da Vinci paints The Last Supper Apr 4, 1497 Vasco de Gama sails around Africa Apr 4, 1501 Michaelangelo sculpts David Apr 4, 1503 Da Vinci paints Mona Lisa Apr 4, 1508 Michaelangelo paints Sistine Chapel Apr 4, 1509 Coronation of Henry VIII of England Apr 4, 1509 Raphael paints School of Athens Apr 4, 1511 Erasmus writes "In Praise of Folly" Apr 4, 1514 Barolome de Las Casas protests against poor treatment of natives in America Apr 4, 1516 Thomas More prints "Utopia" Apr 4, 1517 Luther's 95 Theses Apr 4, 1519 Charles V becomes HRE Apr 4, 1520 Mannerism begins Apr 4, 1521 Diet of Worms Apr 4, 1529 Marbourg Colloquy Apr 4, 1532 Machiavelli's "The Prince" Apr 4, 1534 English Reformation Apr 4, 1535 Thomas More executed Apr 4, 1536 John Calvin leads reform in Geneva Apr 4, 1540 Jesuits founded by Ignatius Loyola Apr 4, 1543 Copernicus Heliocentric model Apr 4, 1545 Council of Trent Apr 4, 1547 Henry VIII dies Apr 4, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Apr 4, 1556 Phillip II becomes King of Spain Apr 4, 1559 Queen Elizabeth I coronated Apr 4, 1562 French Wars of Religion Apr 4, 1564 Shakespeare born Apr 4, 1566 Dutch Revolt Apr 4, 1570 Puritans advocate more change in English church Apr 4, 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Apr 4, 1580 Marriage occurs at later ages in peasant families Apr 4, 1588 Spanish Armada defeated Apr 4, 1589 Henry of Navarre becomes King of France Apr 4, 1598 Edict of Nantes