First 9 weeks timeline By Abby K. Jan 1, 1350 Start of The Renaissance Jan 1, 1418 Prince Henry's School founded May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discovers America Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of tordasillas Jan 1, 1497 Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa Jan 1, 1506 Mona Lisa finished Jan 1, 1509 Erasmus’ Praise of Folly Oct 31, 1517 95 theses May 1, 1521 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Sep 6, 1522 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Jan 1, 1526 Start of the Mughal Empire Jan 1, 1532 Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas-1532 Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published Dec 13, 1545 Start of the Council of Trent Jan 1, 1553 Anglican Church started Dec 4, 1563 End of the Council of Trent Jan 1, 1564 Tobacco introduced to Europe Jul 17, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Jun 12, 1599 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Jan 1, 1600 End of The Renaissance Jun 1, 1609 Galileo’s first telescope May 1, 1618 Start of 30 years war Jan 1, 1628 William Harvey discovered circulation of blood Jan 1, 1637 Discartes’ Discourse on Method Oct 14, 1648 End of 30 years war Jan 1, 1653 Taj Mahal built Jan 1, 1687 Newton’s Laws of gravity Jan 1, 1700 Start of the Peak of the Ottoman Empire Jan 1, 1800 End of the peak of the Ottoman Empire
