First Nine Weeks

  • Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henry’s School founded

  • May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Tobacco introduced to Europe

    Columbus said "it gave off a strange fragrance"
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers America

  • Jun 7, 1494

    Treaty of Tordasillas Signing

  • May 1, 1498

    Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa

  • Period: Oct 30, 1500 to

    Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1504

    Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published

  • Jan 1, 1507

    Mona Lisa

  • Oct 30, 1511

    Erasmus' Praise of Folly

  • Oct 31, 1517

    95 theses

  • Aug 13, 1521

    Cortez conquers the Aztecs

  • Period: Jan 1, 1526 to

    Mughal Empire

  • Oct 30, 1534

    Anglican Church

  • Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563

    Council of Trent

  • Oct 30, 1572

    Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (first performed)

  • Period: to

    William Harvey discovered circulation of blood

    Didn't know when...
  • Galileo’s first telescope

  • Period: to

    Thirty Years' War

  • Period: to

    Taj Mahal building time

  • Discartes’ Discourse on Method

  • Period: to

    Newton’s Laws of gravity

    (estimate)