West and the World Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1347

    Bubonic Plague begins

    Bubonic Plague begins
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Renaissance begins

    Renaissance begins
  • Jan 15, 1354

    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth

    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
  • Feb 19, 1420

    Brunelleschi creates linear perspective

    Brunelleschi creates linear perspective
  • Jan 1, 1428

    Joan of Arc and the siege of Orleans

    Joan of Arc and the siege of Orleans
  • Jan 1, 1436

    Sandro Boticelli paints the birth of venus

    Sandro Boticelli paints the birth of venus
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johann Gutenberg invents printing press

    Johann Gutenberg invents printing press
  • Aug 1, 1464

    Cosimo de Medici dies

    Cosimo de Medici dies
  • Sep 27, 1480

    spanish inquisiton

    spanish inquisiton
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus discovers the Americas

    Columbus discovers the Americas
  • Jan 1, 1496

    da Vinci paints the last supper

    da Vinci paints the last supper
  • Jan 1, 1508

    Michelangelo paints the sistine chapel

    Michelangelo paints the sistine chapel
  • Jan 1, 1510

    Rapheal paints the school of athens

    Rapheal paints the school of athens
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Machiavelli writes the prince

    Machiavelli writes the prince
  • Jan 1, 1516

    Thomas Moore Utopia

    Thomas Moore Utopia
  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther 95 theses

    Martin Luther 95 theses
  • Aug 25, 1530

    Ivan the Terrible

    Ivan the Terrible
  • Aug 15, 1534

    Jesuit Order Founded by Ignatius Loyola

    Jesuit Order Founded by Ignatius Loyola
  • Jul 12, 1536

    Desiderius Erasmus dies

    Desiderius Erasmus dies
  • Jan 1, 1538

    Henry the 8th is excommunicated

    Henry the 8th is excommunicated
  • Jan 1, 1550

    Scientific Revolution

    Scientific Revolution
  • Jan 1, 1557

    Spain declares bankruptcy for the first time

  • Jan 1, 1560

    Start of the European wars of Religion

    Start of the European wars of Religion
  • Aug 23, 1572

    St. Bartholomew"s massacre

    St. Bartholomew"s massacre
  • Edict of Nates

    Edict of Nates