HS 211 m3 Dates

1517

Martin Luther issues the 95 Theses

1517 – 1648

Era of the Protestant Reformation

1519

Ulrich Zwingli launches the Reformation in Zurich

1521

The Diet of Worms – Luther refuses to recant

1525

Anabaptist movement begins

1534

Henry VIII confirmed as supreme head (on earth) of the Church of England

1536

John Calvin publishes 1st ed. of Institutes of the Christian Religion

1545 – 1563

Council of Trent & the Catholic Counter-Reformation

1618 – 1619

Synod of Dort (formation of TULIP results)

1618 – 1648

The Thirty Years’ War – it ends with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia

1488

Bartholomeu Dias reaches the tip of Africa

1494

Treaty of Tordesillas – agreement to divide the Americas

1513

Balboa “discovers” the Pacific Ocean

1519 – 1521

Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztecs in Mexico (Mexico City falls)

1520 – 1522

Magellan’s crew circumnavigates the globe

1531 – 1533

Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incas in Peru

1565

1st permanent European (Sp.) settlement in the US – St. Augustine, FL

1607

1st successful English settlement in North America – Jamestown, VA

1620

Carrying pilgrims, the Mayflower lands at Plymouth, MA

1626

The Dutch buy Manhattan Island from Native Americans