Post-holiday break timeline By cjmenck 1415 prince hencry's navigation school founded 1452 fall of constantinople May 29, 1452 fall of constantinople 1490 renaissance begins Oct 12, 1492 colombus discovers america Nov 2, 1497 vasco de gama finds cape of good hope 1501 michelangelo's "david" 1501 michelangelos david 1512 erasmus made praise of folly Oct 30, 1517 95 theses posted on door of wittenburg church 1519 mona lisa finished 1519 mona lisa finished 1519 cortés conquers the aztecs Sep 20, 1519 magellan circumnavigates the globe Period: 1520 to 1566 ottoman empire peak Period: 1520 to 1566 ottoman empires peak Apr 17, 1521 martin luther was put on trial at the diet of worms 1524 start of mughal empire 1526 start of ottoman empire 1528 tobacco was introduced to europe 1532 pizarro conquers the incans 1534 anglican church started 1543 copernicus' heliocentric theory published Period: 1545 to 1563 council of trent 1587 spanish armada defeated 1609 galileos first telescope built 1618 william harvey discovered blood circulation 1623 the play julius caeser was published 1632 taj mahal built 1687 newtons laws of gravity published in the principia
