Renaissance Timeline, C.T., 1 By caro111ine Period: 1095 to 1291 The Crusades 1096 Four armies of crusaders were formed from troops of different Western European reigons 1097 The Crusaders and their Byzantine allies attacked Nicea 1144 The governor of Mosul captured Edessa leading to the loss of the northernmost Crusader state 1147 The second crusade began and it was lead by two powerful people King Louis VII and King Conrad III Period: 1347 to 1353 The Black Death 1348 A different plague strains enters Europe through Genoa 1348 The plague enters England through the port of Melcombe Regis 1349 An English ship brings the black death to Norway when it runs aground in Bergen 1351 The spread of the Black death slows down possibly because of Quarantine Period: 1400 to 1495 Early Renaissance Period: 1434 to 1610 Age of Exploration 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean Period: 1496 to 1527 High Renaissance 1497 John Cabot lands on the east coast of North America 1517 Martin Luther published a document he called Disputation on the power of Indulgences which are known as the 95 theses Period: 1517 to 1555 Protestant Reformation 1519 Hernan Cortes lands in Mexico Period: 1527 to 1610 Late Renaissance 1535 The protestant Reformation began in England because of Henry VIII the reason was because the pope wouldn't grant him a marriage annulment. 1543 Copernicus sets out his heliocentric theory Period: 1550 to 1700 Scientific Revolution 1584 Giordano Bruno publishes a centerpiece that states that the Earth is not the center of the universe 1591 Francois Viete's invention is essential to the studies of physics and astronomy 1607 Some separatists tried to start new lives they imagined in Holland but failed due to poverty