Post-Holiday Break Timeline By hcps-boylehm@henricostudents.org Period: 1400 to 1700 The Renaissance period begins 1419 Prince Henry's Navigation School Found May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Nov 12, 1492 Columbus Discovers America 1498 Vasco De Gama Finds Water Route around the tip of Africa 1501 Michelangelo's David 1511 Erasmus' Praise of Folly Published 1517 Martin Luther Posted the 95 Theses 1519 Mona Lisa Finished Sep 20, 1519 Magellan Circumnavigates the Globe Period: 1520 to 1566 Peak of The Ottoman Empire 1521 Cortez Conquers the Aztecs Apr 17, 1521 Martin Luther was put on Trail at Diet of Worms 1526 Start of The Mughal Empire 1528 Tobacco Was introduced to Europe 1532 Pissarro Conqueror's the Incas 1534 Anglican Church founded 1543 Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory Published Period: 1545 to 1548 Council of Trent 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1599 Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar published 1609 Galileo's First Telescope built 1618 William Harvey Discovered Blood circulation 1632 Taj Mahal was Built 1687 Newton's Laws of Gravity Published
