History Timeline Project

  • Prince Henry of Portugal
    1415

    Prince Henry of Portugal

  • Johannes Gutenberg
    1440

    Johannes Gutenberg

  • Vasco da Gama
    1497

    Vasco da Gama

  • Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    It is known as the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.
  • Michaelangelo
    1504

    Michaelangelo

  • Herman Cortes
    1504

    Herman Cortes

  • Henry Crowned
    1509

    Henry Crowned

    Henry was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle.
  • Desiderius Erasmus
    1511

    Desiderius Erasmus

  • Martin Luther Begins The Protestant Revolution
    1517

    Martin Luther Begins The Protestant Revolution

    The reformation started with the 95 theses.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1519

    Francisco Pizarro

  • Jacques Cartier
    1520

    Jacques Cartier

    In the late 1520s he traveled to Newfoundland in 1534 he was hired to find a better travel route to Asia. 1542 he went back to Canada and came back with what he thought was gold and jewels but was only quartz, crystals, and metals.
  • Diet of Worms
    1521

    Diet of Worms

    This event addressed Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1521

    Ferdinand Magellan

    He was the first European to sail across the Pacific ocean and he discovered the Philippines in 1521
  • Jesuits
    1540

    Jesuits

    It was organized in the Catholic Church in Spain.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    He created the heliocentric theory which is thinking the sun is the center of the solar system.
  • The Council of Trent
    1545

    The Council of Trent

    It was called to clearly define Catholic beliefs.
  • Elizabeth The First is Crowned
    1558

    Elizabeth The First is Crowned

    This was the last British coronation to be conducted under the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • John Calvin
    1562

    John Calvin

    After creating Calvinism he had a big following at the year of 1562.
  • Shakespeare is born
    1564

    Shakespeare is born

    He is known as the greatest writer in the English language.
  • Francis Drake
    1566

    Francis Drake

    He sailed to the Caribbean on a slave trading enterprise in 1566, he sailed to the new world, 1570 he sailed to the west indies, in 1572 he went back to the west indies.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    In 1596 Kepler published Cosmographic Mystery which was the basis for his three laws of Planetary motion.
  • Galileo Galile

    Galileo Galile

    He invented the telescope in 1609.
  • Miguel de Cervantes

    Miguel de Cervantes

    He wrote the book Don Quixote which was published.
  • Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Rock

    Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Rock

    The first known written reference to the rock dates back to 1715.
  • Charles The First Executed

    Charles The First Executed

    He was tried, convicted, and executed for high treason.