Black Plague
1347
Italian Renaissance
1400s
Fall of Constantinople
1453
Printing Press
1455
Witch Hunts
1480-1750
Northern Renaissance
1490s
Age of Exploration
1500s
Commercial Revolution
1500-1700
Martin Luther and the 95 Theses and the Reformation
1517
Spanish Colonization
1520s
Sack of Rome- End of Renaissance
1527
Henry the 8th and the Anglican Church
1534
Scientific Revolution
1543
Council of Trent- Catholic- or Counter Reformation
1545
Peace of Augsburg
1555
Spanish Armada
1588
The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic
1600s
Queen Elizabeth dies- end of Tudor Rule
1603
English Civil War
1645
Treaty of Westphilia
1648
Agricultural Revolution
1600-1800
Military rule in England under Cromwell
1653-1658
Enlightenment
1690-1789
Glorious Revolution
1689
King Louis XIV
1690
Peace of Utrecht
1715
Population in Europe grows
1720-1789
Industrial Revolution begins in Britain
1780
French Revolution Begins
1789
Napoleon Reigns
1799-1815
British slave trade abolished
1807