West and the World Timeline By BULLNASTY2.0 Jan 1, 1347 Bubonic Plague begins Jan 1, 1350 Renaissance begins Jan 15, 1354 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Feb 19, 1420 Brunelleschi creates linear perspective Jan 1, 1428 Joan of Arc and the siege of Orleans Jan 1, 1436 Sandro Boticelli paints the birth of venus Jan 1, 1450 Johann Gutenberg invents printing press Aug 1, 1464 Cosimo de Medici dies Sep 27, 1480 spanish inquisiton Jan 1, 1492 Columbus discovers the Americas Jan 1, 1496 da Vinci paints the last supper Jan 1, 1508 Michelangelo paints the sistine chapel Jan 1, 1510 Rapheal paints the school of athens Jan 1, 1513 Machiavelli writes the prince Jan 1, 1516 Thomas Moore Utopia Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther 95 theses Aug 25, 1530 Ivan the Terrible Aug 15, 1534 Jesuit Order Founded by Ignatius Loyola Jul 12, 1536 Desiderius Erasmus dies Jan 1, 1538 Henry the 8th is excommunicated Jan 1, 1550 Scientific Revolution Jan 1, 1557 Spain declares bankruptcy for the first time Jan 1, 1560 Start of the European wars of Religion Aug 23, 1572 St. Bartholomew"s massacre Apr 13, 1598 Edict of Nates
