renaissance, reformation, religious wars (dates)

1304-1374

Petrarch

1452-1519

Leonardo Da Vinci

1475-1564

Michelangelo

1483-1546

Martin Luther

1509-1564

John Calvin

1509-1547

Henry VIII

1456

Gutenberg Bible

1478

Inquisition introduced into Spain

1509

Erasmus, The Praise of Folly

1513

Machiavelli, The Prince

1516

More, Utopia

1517

Luther, 95 Theses

1536

Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion

1519

Charles I of Spain elected HRE (as Charles V)

1521

Diet of Worms

1524-1525

Peasant’s Revolt

1529

Marburg Colloquy

1531

Schmalkalden League

1534

Act of Supremacy

1545-1563

Council of Trent

1555

Peace of Augsburg

1572

St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

1588

Spanish Armada defeated by England

1598

Edict of Nantes

1618-1648

Thirty Years’ War

1618

Defenestration of Prague

1629

Edict of Restitution

1632

Gustavus Adolphus dies

1635-1648

Swedish/ French phase of Thirty Years’ War

1648

Peace of Westphalia