WHII Recap By hcps-evanswd Nov 6, 1350 Renaissance Begins Nov 6, 1418 Prince Henry the Navigator's School Finished May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Fall of the Byzantine empire to the Ottomans. Period: Jan 1, 1481 to Jan 1, 1566 Peak of the Ottoman Empire Nov 6, 1492 Columbus Explores America Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Nov 6, 1497 Vasco Da Gama Sails Around Africa to India Nov 6, 1509 Praise of Folly By Erasmus Nov 6, 1517 95 Theses Nov 6, 1521 Cortez Conquers the Aztecs Nov 6, 1522 Magellan Circumnavigates the World Nov 6, 1526 Start of the Mughal Empire Nov 6, 1532 Pizzaro Conquers the Incans Nov 6, 1543 Heliocentric Theory Period: Nov 6, 1545 to Nov 6, 1563 Council of Trent Nov 6, 1555 Anglican Church Founded Nov 6, 1588 Spanish Armada Defeated Nov 6, 1599 Julius Caesar - Shakespeare Nov 6, 1604 Tobacco Introduced to England Nov 6, 1608 Galileo First Telescope Period: Nov 6, 1618 to Nov 6, 1648 30 Years War Nov 6, 1628 Discovery of Blood Circulation - William Harvey Nov 6, 1637 Discourse on Method - Descartes Nov 6, 1653 Taj Mahal Built Nov 6, 1687 Laws of Motion