MEH By madamle19 Period: Nov 22, 1440 to Nov 23, 1449 Invention of the Printing Press Nov 22, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Nov 22, 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella complete the Reconquista Period: Nov 22, 1492 to Nov 23, 1502 Voyages of Christopher Columbus Period: Nov 22, 1494 to Nov 23, 1559 The Italian Wars (Hapsburg-Valois Wars) Period: Dec 5, 1500 to Dec 6, 1650 Witch Trials Period: Nov 22, 1508 to Nov 23, 1512 Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel Nov 22, 1513 Machiavelli publishes The Prince Nov 22, 1517 Martin Luther’s 95 Theses Period: Nov 22, 1525 to Nov 23, 1618 Price Revolution Nov 22, 1532 African slave trade begins Nov 22, 1534 Act of Supremacy Dec 5, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres Period: Nov 22, 1545 to Nov 23, 1563 Council of Trent Nov 22, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Nov 22, 1588 Spanish Armada Nov 22, 1589 Edict of Nantes Nov 22, 1602 Dutch East India Company established Dec 5, 1633 Trial of Galileo Dec 5, 1637 René Descartes publishes Discourse on Method Period: Nov 22, 1642 to Nov 23, 1649 English Civil War Period: Nov 22, 1643 to Nov 23, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV Nov 22, 1648 Peace of Westphalia Period: Nov 22, 1650 to Nov 23, 1850 Agricultural Revolution Dec 5, 1650 French Royal Academy founded Nov 22, 1651 Thomas Hobbes publishes The Leviathan Period: Nov 22, 1651 to Nov 23, 1663 First British Navigation Acts Nov 22, 1673 Edict of Nantes revoked Dec 5, 1687 René Descartes publishes Discourse on Method Period: Nov 22, 1688 to Nov 23, 1689 Glorious Revolution Nov 22, 1690 John Locke publishes Second Treatise on Government Period: Nov 22, 1700 to Nov 23, 1750 Growth of cottage industry Nov 22, 1715 Peace of Utrecht Jan 12, 1721 Montesquieu, Persian Letters Jan 12, 1748 Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws Period: Jan 12, 1751 to Jan 13, 1765 Diderot, Encyclopedia Jan 12, 1762 Rousseau, The Social Contract; Emile Nov 22, 1763 Treaty of Paris (Seven Years War) Jan 12, 1776 Smith The Wealth of Nations Period: Jan 12, 1776 to Jan 13, 1786 Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Jan 12, 1794 Condorcet, The Progress of the Human Mind