Unit 1-4 Timeline By chostetler Period: 1450 to 1600 Age of Discovery 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas Age of Discovery Period: 1500 to 1700 Height of the Renaissance 1517 Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses Protestant Reformation Period: 1517 to 1648 Protestant Reformation Period: 1540 to 1700 Scientific Revolution Period: 1552 to 1561 Example war Period: 1600 to 1700 Enlightenment Period: 1763 to 1848 Age of Revolutions