Quarter 1 Timeline By hcps-chengby Nov 7, 1400 The Renaissance Nov 7, 1418 Henry's School of Navigation is founded Nov 1, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Nov 8, 1481 Ottoooman Empire Reaches its Peak Nov 1, 1492 Columbus Discovers Americas Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Nov 7, 1497 Vasco de Gama sails around Africa Nov 7, 1509 Praise of Folly Nov 8, 1514 Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory Oct 31, 1517 95 Theses Nov 1, 1517 Mona Lisa Completed Nov 8, 1518 Tobacco is Introduced Nov 7, 1519 Magellan Circumnavigated the Globe Aug 13, 1521 Cortez Conquers Aztecs Nov 7, 1526 Mughal Empire Founded Nov 7, 1533 Pizarro Conquers Incans Nov 8, 1534 Anglican Church Begins Dec 13, 1545 Council of Trent Founded Nov 8, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Nov 7, 1599 Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Nov 8, 1609 Galileo Makes Telescope Nov 8, 1609 Galileo Makes Telescope Nov 8, 1618 Thirty Years War Begins Nov 8, 1628 William Harvey Discovers Circulation of Blood Nov 8, 1637 Discourse on Method Nov 8, 1648 Taj Mahal Built Nov 8, 1648 Thirty Years War Ends Nov 8, 1665 Newton's Laws of Motion