1434–1737 | 1536 |
Medici family in power in Florence | John Calvin publishes The Institutes of the Christian Religion |
1450s | 1540 |
Development of movable metal type in Germany | Founding of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) |
1469 | 1545–1563 |
Marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon | Council of Trent |
1492 | 1555 |
Spain conquers Granada; practicing Jews expelled from Spain | Peace of Augsburg |
1508–1512 | 1558–1603 |
Michelangelo paints ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | Reign of Elizabeth I in England |
1513 | 1560–1660 |
Niccolò Machiavelli writes The Prince | Height of European witch-hunt |
1521 | 1568–1578 |
Diet of Worms | Civil war in the Netherlands |
1521–1555 | 1572 |
Charles V’s wars against Valois kings | Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre |
1525 | 1598 |
Peasant revolts in Germany | Edict of Nantes |
1527 | |
Henry VIII of England asks Pope Clement VII to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon |