Renaissance By funkmasterjambo Period: May 30, 1381 to Nov 30, 1381 Peasants' Revolt Jul 6, 1415 Jan Hus burned at the stake in Rome Jan 1, 1439 Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press May 29, 1453 Fall Of Constantinople Mar 12, 1488 Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa Jan 1, 1492 Columbus "discovers" America Jun 7, 1494 Treaty Of Tordesillas May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama finds a water route to India Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506 Painting of the Mona Lisa Period: Jan 1, 1508 to Jan 1, 1512 Michaelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel Period: Mar 9, 1513 to Dec 1, 1521 The Papacy of Pope Leo X Oct 31, 1517 The 95 Theses Period: Sep 20, 1519 to Apr 27, 1521 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Period: Jan 28, 1521 to May 25, 1521 Diet Of Worms Aug 13, 1521 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Nov 1, 1534 Henry VIII declares himself head of English Chruch Period: Nov 20, 1541 to Mar 29, 1549 John Calvin sets up theocracy in Geneva Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Aug 8, 1588 Queen Elizabeth defeats the Spanish armada Jan 1, 1609 Galileo invents (improves upon) the telescope
