History By nsheridan0403 Period: 1450 to 1600 Age of discovery Period: 1500 to 1600 Height of the Renassaince 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Thesis Period: 1517 to 1648 Protestant Reformation 1518 Cortex conquers Aztecs 1530 Calvin creates new form of protestantism 1534 Henry VIII split catholic church Period: 1540 to 1700 Scientific Revolution 1543 Copernicus heliocentric theory 1558 Elisabeth I creates Angelican Church Period: 1600 to 1700 Enlightenment Period: 1642 to 1649 English Civil War 1660 Charles II takes power 1666 Newton creates laws of gravity 1688 William & Mary take power 1689 Locke writes the Two Treaties of Government 1748 Montesquieu writes the Spirit of Laws Period: 1763 to 1848 Age of Revolutions Period: 1775 to 1783 American Revolution Period: 1789 to 1799 French Revolution 1792 Christopher Columbus finds Americas Period: 1793 to 1794 Reign of Terror 1799 Napoleon takes power 1804 Haitian independence Period: 1804 to 1815 Napoleonic Wars 1810 Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexican Revolution 1811 Simon Bolivar helps Venezuela with independence 1815 Congress of Vienna meets 1821 Simon Bolivar helps Peru wit independence 1823 The US issues the Monroe Doctrine 1871 Unification of Germany