First Nine Weeks By hcps-duongsl Jan 1, 1418 Prince Henry’s School founded May 29, 1453 Fall of Contantinople Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discovers America Oct 15, 1492 Tobacco introduced to Europe Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of tordasillas Jan 1, 1497 Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1700 The Renaissance Jan 1, 1511 Erasmus’ Praise of Folly Jan 1, 1517 Mona Lisa finished Oct 31, 1517 95 theses Jul 1, 1519 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Jan 1, 1522 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Jan 1, 1526 Start of Mughal Empire Jan 1, 1529 Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas Oct 30, 1534 Anglican Church started May 24, 1543 Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563 Council of Trent Jan 11, 1566 Peak of Ottoman Empire Jul 29, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Sep 21, 1599 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Jul 5, 1608 Newton’s Laws of gravity Oct 30, 1609 Galileo’s first telescope Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1648 30 years war Oct 30, 1637 Discartes’ Discourse on Method Jan 1, 1648 Taj Mahal built Jan 1, 1657 William Harvey discovered circulation of bold
