First 9 Weeks Timeline By hcps-pateldg Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550 The Renaissance Jan 1, 1418 Prince Henry's School Founded May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Aug 3, 1492 Columbus Discovers America Jun 7, 1494 Treat of Tordasillas Jan 1, 1497 Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa Jan 1, 1511 Erasmus' Praise of Folly Jan 1, 1517 95 Theses Mar 1, 1517 Mona Finished Jan 1, 1518 Tabacco introduced to Europe Sep 20, 1519 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Aug 13, 1521 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Jan 1, 1526 Start of the Mughal Empire Jan 1, 1532 Pizzaro conquers the Incans Jan 1, 1534 Anglican Church started Jan 1, 1534 Anglican Church started Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus' Heliocentric theory published Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563 Council of Trent Jul 29, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Jul 29, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1601 Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Jan 1, 1611 Galileo's first telescope Jan 1, 1616 William Harvey discovered circulation of blood Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1648 30 Years War Jan 1, 1637 Discartes' Discourse on Method Jan 1, 1653 Taj Mahal built Jan 1, 1683 Peak of Ottoman Empire Jul 5, 1687 Newton's Laws of Gravity