Timeline: Period 1

Apr 22, 962

HRE unified

Decentralized regions in Central Europe

Period: Apr 22, 1328 to Apr 23, 1453

100 Years war

France emerged victorious

Apr 22, 1350

Dante and Van Eyke

Influential writer and oil painter

Apr 22, 1400

Iberian peninsula is divided

SPANISH

Apr 22, 1438

Habsburg Reign

No real power, only power the princes gave

Apr 22, 1453

Fall of Byzantium

Mehmed of the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople, Byzantium scholars moved to Italy

Apr 22, 1453

Invention of the Printing press

by Johann Gutenberg

Apr 22, 1454

Peace of Lodi

Balance of power in northern Italy

Period: Apr 22, 1455 to Apr 23, 1485

War of the roses

English financial turmoil after 100 year war. Emergence of the York (White Rose) and Lancaster (Red Rose)

Period: Apr 22, 1461 to Apr 23, 1483

Louis XI reign

Reform tax, increase trade, royal road, and post

Apr 22, 1462

Ivan III the great stopped paying Mongols tribute

Led foundation of centralized orthodox state

Apr 22, 1469

Trastamara dynasty established

Isabelle and Ferdinand belonged to this dynasty. Naples and Sicily was unified

Apr 22, 1472

Dante's inferno

Dante's inferno is published

Apr 22, 1478

Papal bull permitted Spanish Inquisition

Period: Apr 22, 1485 to Apr 23, 1509

Henry VII

Red rose (Lancaster) emerged victorious. Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York and built Tudor dynasty

Apr 22, 1486

Mirandola writes Oration on dignity of man

"Manifesto of the renaissance", advocates individualism

Period: Apr 22, 1490 to Apr 23, 1527

High renaissance

Apogee of visual arts and the emergence of humanism

Apr 22, 1492

Capture of Granada and Exploration of Columbus

Spanish triumphs

Period: Apr 22, 1494 to Apr 23, 1559

Italian wars

War between Habsburg, Valois, and Italians, resulted in French defeat. Italian states were unable to form strong armies. Results in Treaty of Cateau - Cambrésis

Period: Apr 22, 1509 to Apr 23, 1547

Henry VIII

Apr 22, 1512

Michaelangelo decorates sistine chapel

Apr 22, 1512

Navarre conquered by Spain

Apr 22, 1513

Machiavelli writes the prince

Period: Apr 22, 1515 to Apr 23, 1547

Francis I Brought Leonardo and Renaissance ideas to North

Francis I was first Valois King. Sponsored exploration of Canada

Apr 22, 1516

Concordat of Bologna

Gave kings power to appoint clerics, Church power less than state power

Period: Apr 22, 1519 to Apr 23, 1556

Reign of Charles I of Spain and V of HRE

Heir to Habsburg/Valois

Period: Apr 22, 1520 to Apr 23, 1600

Mannerist art

More stylized and less realistic art

Period: Apr 22, 1520 to Apr 23, 1566

Suleiman the Magnificent

Longest Reigning sultan
Dominated the Eastern Mediterranean, made an Anti-habsburg alliance with France in 1526 because Spain had repeatedly defeated the Ottoman empire. Repulsed at Vienna in 1529. Powerful and conquered Africa till Algeria

Apr 22, 1527

Sack of Rome by Charles I/V

Marks the end of high renaissance

Period: Apr 22, 1533 to Apr 23, 1584

Ivan the Terrible

First Tzar
Brutally crushed the Boyars

Apr 22, 1540

Jesuit order founded by Loyola

Apr 22, 1556

Charles abdicated

Phillip II ruled spain and was absolutist
Ferdinand ruled the HRE

Apr 22, 1559

Treaty of Cateau - Cambrésis

Italian city states were dominated by Spain due to their failure in the Italian Wars

Apr 22, 1569

Treaty of Lublin United Polish - Lithuania

Apr 22, 1570

Sack of Novgorod

Increase absolute power by getting rid of nobles

Apr 22, 1571

Naval battle of Leponto

Spanish (Phillip II) and ottomans
Spanish won

Apr 22, 1588

Spanish Armada attacked England

Phillip II was unsuccessful

Period: Apr 22, 1589 to Apr 23, 1613

Time of Troubles

Famine in russia got rid of 1/3 population
Invasion by Poland-Lithuania
Power struggle end of rurik dynasty of Russia

Period: Apr 22, 1600 to Apr 23, 1750

Baroque

part of catholic reformation, marked by Flamboyant art and radiant. Marks the Church's power. Notable composers during Baroque includes Bach and Handel

Apr 22, 1613