renaissance By elischmidt Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1650 renaissance Jun 1, 1381 Peasants Revolt Jun 6, 1415 Jan Hus is burned at the stake in Rome Jan 1, 1440 Gutenberg invents the Printing Press Apr 6, 1453 Fall of canstantinople May 29, 1453 Fall of canstantinople Jan 31, 1488 Bartolomew Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa Jan 1, 1492 Columbus "Discovers" America Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Sep 20, 1497 Vasco dda Gama finds a woter route to India Jan 1, 1503 Leonardo Da vinci Paints the mona lisa Jan 1, 1505 Leonardo finishes the Mona Lisa Jan 30, 1508 Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel Oct 21, 1517 Posting of the 95 thesis Feb 20, 1519 Cortes conquered the Aztecs Sep 20, 1519 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Mar 9, 1521 The papacy of Pope Leo X Jun 20, 1521 The Diet of Worms Aug 13, 1521 END of Cortes conquering the aztecs Dec 1, 1521 The end of Papacy of Pope Leo X Feb 11, 1531 Henry VIII declares himself the head of the english church Jun 5, 1538 John Calvin sets up a theocracy in Geneva Jun 1, 1541 Calvin finishes stting up the theocracy in Geneva Apr 26, 1564 Shakspeare is born Sep 30, 1621 Galileo invents the telescope