history time line By pai'je1999 Jan 1, 1266 Early Renaisance painter Giotto is born & dies Jan 1, 1397 Geoffrey Chaucer writes Canterbury Tales Jan 1, 1410 Donatello creates his statue of st George Jan 11, 1490 The High Renaissance period begins and ends Jan 1, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa Feb 12, 1511 the praise of folly is written by erasmus Jan 1, 1514 Raphael paints the portrait of baldassare castiglione Jan 1, 1519 The aztec empire is conquered by the spanish Jan 1, 1521 Martin Luther presents the 95 Thesis Jan 1, 1521 The church excommunicates Luther Jan 1, 1528 The book of the Courtier , Written by Baldassare Castiglione Jan 1, 1534 Henry VIII of england issues the Act of Supremacy Jan 1, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the christian religions Jan 1, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Jan 1, 1571 Thomas mun , the father of mercantilism , is born and dies Jan 1, 1618 the 30 year war takes place