European History Timeline By ngupta Period: Jan 1, 1266 to Jan 1, 1337 Giotto Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374 Petrarch Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550 Italian Renaissance Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Jan 1, 1466 Donatello Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460 Henry the Navigator Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1500 Age of Portuguese Exploration and Expansion Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1550 Northern Renaissance Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Jan 1, 1519 Da Vinci Jan 1, 1453 Ottoman takeover of Constantinople Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg's printing press Period: Jan 1, 1457 to Jan 1, 1509 Henry VII Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Jan 1, 1519 Tetzel Period: Jan 1, 1469 to Jan 1, 1527 Machiavelli Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1564 Michelangelo Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520 Raphael Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546 Luther Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Jan 1, 1531 Zwingli Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1547 Henry VIII Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1556 Ignatius of Loyola Jan 1, 1492 3Spain3 (Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews) Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1620 Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion Period: Jan 1, 1494 to Jan 1, 1547 Francis I Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1600 Reformation Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1558 Charles V Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1600 Growth of Lutheranism Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1564 Calvin Period: Jan 1, 1510 to Jan 1, 1511 "The School of Athens" Jan 1, 1513 The Prince Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Jan 1, 1582 Teresa of Avila Jan 1, 1517 95 Theses Period: Jan 1, 1521 to Jan 1, 1559 French Invades Italy Period: Sep 26, 1534 to Sep 26, 1593 Growth of Calvinism Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus' On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563 Council of Trent Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563 Catholic Reformation/Counter-Reformation Jan 1, 1555 Peace of Ausburg Jan 1, 1555 Abdication of Charles V Jan 1, 1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1598 Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV Jan 1, 1603 Elizabeth I of England died Jan 1, 1618 Beginnning of the 30 Years' War Jan 1, 1649 Charles I is executed and Cromwell came to power in England