Europe 1450-1750 By solerkid23 Jan 1, 1453 French victory at Castillion ends Hundred Years’ War Jan 1, 1453 Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ends Byzantine Empire Jan 1, 1492 Ferdinand V and Isabella defeat Moors, unite Spain Jan 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches North America Jan 1, 1501 French conquer Naples, begins expansion in northern Italy Jan 1, 1517 Luther’s 95 Theses begin the Reformation Jan 1, 1529 Protestant rebellions in Germany, Switzerland Jan 1, 1534 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded Jan 1, 1535 Sir Thomas More executed in England Jan 1, 1545 Council of Trent reforms Catholicism Jan 1, 1555 Germany: Peace of Augsburg establishes religious freedom Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen of England Jan 1, 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced under Pope Gregory XIII Jan 1, 1603 England: Queen Elizabeth I dies; James I begins Stuart dynasty Jan 1, 1607 English form colony at Jamestown, Virginia Jan 1, 1610 France: Henry IV assassinated, Louis XIII made king Jan 1, 1635 France enters Thirty Years’ War with Sweden, against Spain Jan 1, 1648 Thirty Years’ War ends with Treaty of Westphalia Jan 1, 1660 Charles II reestablishes English monarchy Jan 1, 1664 English take New Amsterdam, renamed it New York Jan 1, 1682 French claim Louisiana territory Jan 1, 1700 Charles II dies, ending Habsburg rule of Spain; Bourbon dynasty begins Jan 1, 1707 England and Scotland united as Great Britain Jan 1, 1718 French establish New Orleans; Spain takes Texas Jan 1, 1744 America: British and French fight King George’s War Jan 1, 1750 Beginning of the Industrial Revolution