European History: Exploration - Reformation

By jsongsta286
  • Period: Jan 1, 1266 to Jan 1, 1337

    Giotto's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374

    Petrarch's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550

    Italian Renaissance

  • Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Jan 1, 1466

    Donatello's Life

  • Period: Mar 4, 1394 to Nov 13, 1460

    Henry the Navigator's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1415 to Jan 1, 1511

    Portuguese Exploration/Expansion

  • Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Jan 1, 1519

    Da Vinci's Life

  • May 29, 1453

    Ottoman Takeover of Constantinople

    With the Ottoman takeover, Europeans needed to find new trade routes.
  • Jan 1, 1455

    Gutenberg's Printing Press

    The printing press increased literacy rates and spurring new ideas.
  • Period: Jan 28, 1457 to Apr 21, 1509

    Henry VII's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Aug 11, 1519

    Tetzel's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1469 to Jan 1, 1527

    Machiavelli's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1564

    Michelangelo's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520

    Raphael's Life

  • Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546

    Luther's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Oct 11, 1531

    Zwingli's Life

    Actually born on January 1!
  • Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jul 31, 1556

    Loyola's Life

  • Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII's Life

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Spanish Triple

    Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews
  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1533

    Spanish Exploration/Expansion

  • Period: Sep 12, 1494 to Mar 31, 1547

    Francis I's Life

  • Oct 1, 1494

    French Invasion of Italy

    Only month and year known.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Northern Renaissance

  • Period: Feb 24, 1500 to Sep 21, 1558

    Charles V's Life

  • Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1564

    Calvin's Life

  • Jan 1, 1511

    The School of Athens

  • Jan 1, 1513

    The Prince

    Written by Niccolo Machiavelli
  • Period: Mar 28, 1515 to Oct 4, 1582

    Teresa of Avila's Life

  • Period: Jan 1, 1517 to

    The Protestant Reformation

  • Period: Jan 1, 1517 to Jan 1, 1563

    Growth of Lutheranism

  • Oct 31, 1517

    95 Theses

    Written by Martin Luther, posted on October 31.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1536 to Jan 1, 1559

    Growth of Calvinism

  • Period: Jan 1, 1540 to Jan 1, 1565

    The Catholic/Counter Reformation

  • Jan 1, 1543

    On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies

    Written by Copernicus
  • Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563

    Council of Trent

  • Sep 25, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Treaty imposed on Charles V, official recognition of Lutheranism.
  • Oct 25, 1555

    Abdication of Charles V

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Defeated by England in the Battle of Gravelines

  • Edict of Nantes Passed by Henry IV

  • Elizabeth I of England Died

  • Beginning of the 30 Years' War

  • Charles I Executed, Cromwell Came to Power in England