Humanities - Timeline By Snoureya 753 BCE Empire Begins 44 BCE Julius Caesar Death Period: 44 BCE to 1453 Rome 11 Missionary of St. Cyril and Methodius 117 Rome at the greatest extent 272 Rule of Constantine 293 Rule of Diocletian 325 Legalization of Christianity 330 Split of the Roman Empire and move to Constantinople 410 First Sack of Rome 476 End of Western Empire 527 Reign of Justinian 647 Muslims Conquer North Africa 732 Battle of Tours Period: 732 to 1453 Middle Ages 800 Rule of Charlemagne 1054 East-West Schism 1066 Viking Invasions 1095 Crusades 1215 Magna Carta 1236 Mongol Invasion Period: 1300 to 1600 Renaissance 1321 Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy. 1377 The Papacy returned to Rome 1415 Jan Hus Dies 1418 Henry the Navigator sets up School of Navigation Period: 1418 to 1607 Age of Exploration 1436 Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral 1439 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. 1440 The invention of printing press 1450 Dias sails around southern tip of Africa 1453 End of Eastern Empire 1453 100 year war Period: 1473 to 1543 Scientific Revolution 1480 Sistine Chapel 1486 Botticelli completed the painting The Birth of Venus. 1492 Lorenzo de Medici ascends to power in Florence 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to Americas 1497 De Gama sails to India 1500 Pedro Cabral lands on Brazil 1503 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. 1511 Erasmus published The Praise of Folly 1517 Martin Luther nails 95 Theses Period: 1517 to 1648 Reformation 1519 Magellan sails around the world 1520 da Verrazzano sailed to North America 1521 Cortez defeats Aztecs 1532 Pizarro defeats Incas 1533 Elizabeth I became Queen of England. 1534 Start of Counter-Reformation 1541 King Henry VIII 1543 Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory 1543 Galileo was warned by the Catholic Church 1571 Kepler discovered elliptical orbits 1590 The invention of the microscope 1607 Hudson sails to North America 1610 Galileo studies planets with his telescope 1613 William Shakespeare builds the Globe theatre. He will write many of his great plays over the next few years including Hamlet and Macbeth. 1618 30 Years War 1620 Bacon published Novum Organum 1648 Peace of Westphalia 1651 Hobbes publishes Leviathan Period: 1685 to 1815 Enlightenment 1690 John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Government 1748 Montesquieu published The Spirit of Laws 1750 Plague 1759 Voltaire publishes Candide 1764 Beccaria published On Crimes and Punishments 1775 American Revolution 1789 French Revolution