First 9 Weeks Timeline By hcps-airasjl Aug 1, 1420 Prince Henry Opens his School of Navigation May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Jan 1, 1481 Peak of Ottoman Empire Nov 8, 1492 Columbus Discovers America Nov 8, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Nov 8, 1498 Vasco De Gama finds water route to India Jan 1, 1500 The Reniassance Nov 8, 1509 Erasmus' Praise of Folly Nov 8, 1517 Mona Lisa Finished Nov 8, 1517 95 Theses Jan 1, 1518 Tobacco Introduced in Europe Nov 8, 1519 Magellen Sails around the world Nov 8, 1526 Start of Mughal Empire Nov 8, 1543 Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory Nov 8, 1545 Council of Trent Nov 8, 1572 Pizarro Conquers the Incans Nov 8, 1581 Cortez Conquers the Aztecs Nov 8, 1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada Nov 8, 1599 Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Nov 8, 1609 Gallileo's first telescope Nov 8, 1612 First Anglican Church Nov 8, 1618 30 years war Nov 8, 1628 William Harvey discovers circulation of blood Nov 8, 1637 Discartes' Discourse on Method Nov 8, 1653 Taj Mahal built Jul 5, 1687 Newton's Laws of Gravity