Modern European History By agfoley19 Period: Nov 22, 1350 to Nov 23, 1550 Italian Reanaissance Nov 22, 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press Period: Nov 22, 1450 to Nov 23, 1650 Overseas Expansion Nov 22, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Nov 22, 1492 Ferdnand and Isabella complete the Reconquista Period: Nov 22, 1492 to Nov 23, 1503 Voyages of Christopher Columbus Period: Nov 22, 1494 to Nov 23, 1559 The Italian Wars (Hapsburg-Valois) Period: Nov 22, 1500 to Nov 23, 1650 Reformations and the Wars of religion Period: Dec 5, 1500 to Dec 6, 1650 Witchcraft Triala Nov 22, 1508 Michaelangelo creates the sistine chapel Nov 22, 1513 Machiavelli publishes "The Prince" Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luthers 95 Thesis Period: Nov 22, 1525 to Nov 23, 1618 Price Revolution Nov 22, 1532 African Slave Trade begins Nov 22, 1534 Act of Supremecy Dec 5, 1543 Scientific Revolution Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the heavenly Spaces 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 Period: Nov 22, 1600 to Nov 23, 1800 Expansion of state power Nov 22, 1602 Dutch East India Company est. Dec 5, 1633 Trial of of Galileo Period: Nov 22, 1642 to Nov 23, 1649 English Civil War Period: Nov 22, 1643 to Nov 23, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV Dec 5, 1647 Rene Decartes published his discourse on methof Nov 22, 1648 Peace of Westphalia Period: Nov 22, 1650 to Nov 23, 1850 Agricultural revolution Period: Nov 22, 1650 to Nov 23, 1850 Agricultural revolution Nov 22, 1651 Thomas Hobbes publishes the Leviathen Period: Nov 22, 1651 to Nov 23, 1663 First British Navigation Acts Nov 22, 1685 Edict of Nantes rovoked Dec 5, 1687 Issac Newton publishes Principal mathematica 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 Nov 22, 1763 Treaty Of Paris (Seven Years War)