Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration Timeline By littleo36 Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1650 Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration Timeline Jun 1, 1381 Peasants' Revolt Jan 1, 1415 Jan Hus is burned at the stake in Rome Jan 1, 1440 Gutenberg invents the Printing Press Apr 6, 1453 Fall of Constantanople Constantanople fell and went BOOM! Jan 1, 1487 Bartholomew Dias rounds the Southern tip of Africa Jan 1, 1492 Cortez conquered the Aztecs Oct 12, 1492 Columbus "discovers" America Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Jul 8, 1497 Vasco da Gama finds a water route to India Jan 1, 1503 Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1508 Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel Jan 1, 1509 Henry the 8 declares himself the head of the English Church Jan 1, 1513 The Papacy of Pope Leo X Oct 31, 1517 Posting of the 95 Thesis Jan 1, 1519 Magellan circumnavigates the globe Apr 2, 1521 Diet of Worms Jul 1, 1536 John Calvin sets up a Theocracy in Geneva Apr 26, 1564 Shakespear is born Jan 1, 1588 Elizabeth defeats the Spanish Armada Oct 2, 1608 Galileo invents the telescope
