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  • Gutenberg invents the printing press
    1450

    Gutenberg invents the printing press

    The creation of the printing press made printing faster which allowed information to spread faster
  • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire
    1452

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire took over Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire
  • Period: 1485 to

    Reign of the Tudor Dynasty

    How long the Tudor Dynasty was in power for
  • Alhambra Decree
    1492

    Alhambra Decree

    The expulsion of all practicing Jews from Spain
  • Columbus Voyage to the Americas
    1492

    Columbus Voyage to the Americas

    Columbus meant to go to India but instead ended up in the Americas
  • Completion of the Reconquista in Spain
    1492

    Completion of the Reconquista in Spain

    The capture of Granada by King Ferdinand II
  • Michelangelo completes the painting of the Sistine Chapel
    1512

    Michelangelo completes the painting of the Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo is a famous artist this was the year he finished his painting the Sistine Chapel
  • Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
    1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses

    Martin Luther was a monk that changed the way the church was run and wrote his 95 Theses which is a list of reasons Martin Luther thought the church needed to change which also launched the Protestant Reformation
  • Luther’s attendance at the Diet of Worms
    1521

    Luther’s attendance at the Diet of Worms

    Luther attended the Diet of Worms which was an assembly of Holy Roman officials
  • Machiavelli’s The Prince is published
    1532

    Machiavelli’s The Prince is published

    The Prince was a book about which was telling leaders to do anything to keep their power
  • Act of Supremacy under Henry VIII
    1534

    Act of Supremacy under Henry VIII

    The Act of Supremacy was declared King Henry VIII the "Supreme Head" of the Church of England which cut ties with the pope
    Henry VIII - married six wives, made the church of England so he could get a divorce, was king from 1508-1547
  • Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
    1543

    Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

    Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres which was about how the sun is the center of the universe and planets including the earth simple circle it
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    The Council of Trent was a council of the Roman Catholic Church held throughout 1545 to 1563, part of the Counter-Reformation
  • Peace of Augsburg
    1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    The Peace of Augsburg allowed princes to choose their subject's religion, "Cuius regio, eius religio" his realm his religion
  • St. Bartholomew's Massacre
    1572

    St. Bartholomew's Massacre

    St. Bartholomew's Massacre was Catholic violence directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion
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    War of the Three Henrys

    The War of the Three Henrys was fought by King Henry III, Henry of Navarre, the Huguenot leader, and Henry I, Duke of Guise the leader of the Catholic League
  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588 and was defeated by Elizabeth I of England while she was in conflict with Philip II of Spain
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    The Edict of Nantes was a decree issued in 1598 by King Henry IV of France that granted French Protestants, or Huguenots, significant rights and religious freedoms in a predominantly Catholic nation