WH2 Timeline 1

  • Period: Nov 18, 1300 to

    The Renaissance

  • Nov 18, 1418

    Prince Henry founds his School of Navigation

    Prince Henry founds his School of Navigation
  • Nov 18, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Fall of Constantinople
  • Nov 18, 1460

    Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa

  • Period: Nov 18, 1481 to Nov 18, 1566

    Peak of the Ottoman Empire

  • Nov 18, 1492

    Columbus discovers America, Tobacco introduced to Europe

  • Nov 18, 1494

    Treaty of Tordasillas

    Treaty of Tordasillas
  • Nov 18, 1509

    Erasmus’ writes Praise of Folly

  • Nov 18, 1517

    95 Theses published, Mona Lisa completed

  • Period: Nov 18, 1519 to Nov 18, 1522

    Magellan circumnavigates the globe

  • Nov 18, 1521

    Cortez conquers the Aztecs

  • Nov 18, 1526

    Start of the Mughal Empire

  • Nov 18, 1531

    Francisco Pizzaro conquers the Incans

    Francisco Pizzaro conquers the Incans
  • Nov 18, 1536

    Anglican Church started

  • Nov 18, 1543

    Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published

  • Period: Nov 18, 1545 to Nov 18, 1563

    Council of Trent

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

  • Galileo’s first telescope

    Galileo’s first telescope
  • William Harvey discovered circulation of blood

  • Period: to

    30 years war

  • Discartes’ Discourse on Method

  • Taj Mahal constructed

    Taj Mahal constructed
  • Newton’s Laws of gravity