Important Dates (First Semester)

1450

Gutenberg's Printing Press

1453

100 Years War Ends; Constantinople Falls to the Ottomans

1492

Columbus's Discovery; Reconquista

1513

Machiavelli's "The Prince" first published

1517

Martin Luther Posts his "95 Thesis"

1519-1522

Magellan's Circumnavigates the Globe

1534

The Act of Supremacy

1555

The Peace of Augsburg

1588

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

1598

Edict of Nantes is Issued by Henry IV

1558-1603

Queen Elizabeth's Reign

1642

Galileo's Death / Newton's birth = Scientific Revolution

1643-1715

Reign of the "Sun King"

1648

Peace of Westphalia

1649

English Civil War Ends

1685

Edict of Nantes is revoked by Louis XIV

1688-1689

The Glorious Revolution

1713

The Treaty of Utrecht

1740

War of Austrian Succession

1759

Voltaire's "Candide" is published = Enlightenment

1763

Treaty of Paris

1789

The French Revolution begins

1815

Napoleon's 100 Days; Congress of Vienna