Renaissance, Reformation, and the Age of Exploration By narora5 Sep 27, 1266 Giotto is born Sep 27, 1304 Petrarch is Born Sep 27, 1325 Age of Portugese Exploration begins Sep 27, 1337 Giotto Dies Sep 27, 1350 Italian Renaissance Begins Sep 27, 1357 Age of Portugese Exploration ends Sep 27, 1374 Petrarch Dies Sep 27, 1386 Donatello is born Sep 27, 1394 Henry the Navigator is born Sep 27, 1400 Northern Renaissance Begins Sep 27, 1452 Davinci is born Jan 1, 1453 Ottoman Takeover of Constantinople Sep 27, 1455 Gutenberg's Printing Press Sep 27, 1457 Henry VII is born Sep 27, 1460 Henry the Navigator dies Sep 27, 1465 Johann Tetzel is born Sep 27, 1466 Donatello Dies Sep 27, 1467 Machiavelli is born Sep 27, 1475 Michelangelo is born Sep 27, 1483 Rapheal is born Sep 27, 1483 Luther is born Sep 27, 1484 Huldrych Zwingli Sep 27, 1491 Ignatius Loyola is born Sep 27, 1491 Henry VIII is born Sep 27, 1492 3Spain3 (Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews) Sep 27, 1492 Age of Spanish Exploration begins Sep 27, 1494 Francis I is born Sep 27, 1494 French Start to Invade Italy Sep 27, 1500 Charles V is born Sep 27, 1509 Henry VII dies Sep 27, 1509 Calvin is born Sep 27, 1510 "The School of Athens" painted by Raphael Sep 27, 1511 "The School of Athens" completed Sep 27, 1513 The Prince Sep 27, 1515 Teresa of Avila is born Sep 27, 1517 95 Theses Sep 27, 1517 Reformation begins Sep 27, 1517 Growth of Lutheranism Sep 27, 1519 Da Vinci Dies Sep 27, 1519 Johann Tetzel Sep 27, 1520 Raphael dies Sep 27, 1527 Machiavelli dies Sep 27, 1531 Huldrych Zwingli dies Sep 27, 1534 Growth of Calvinism Sep 27, 1534 Catholic Reformation / Counter-Reformation Sep 27, 1543 Copernicus' " On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies" Sep 27, 1545 Council of Trent established Sep 27, 1546 Luther dies Sep 27, 1547 Henry VII dies Sep 27, 1547 Francis I dies Sep 27, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Sep 27, 1555 Abdication of Charles V Sep 27, 1556 Ignatius Loyola dies Sep 27, 1558 Charles V dies Sep 27, 1563 Council of Trent dissolved Sep 27, 1564 Michelangelo dies Sep 27, 1564 Calvin dies Sep 27, 1582 Teresa of Avila Sep 27, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Sep 27, 1598 Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV Sep 27, 1603 Elizabeth I of England died Sep 27, 1618 Beginning of the 30 Years' War Sep 27, 1649 Charles the I is executed and Cromwell came to power in England