| A MAP OF TIME |
|---|
| 1453 | Ottoman conquest of Constantinople |
| 1469–1539 | Life of Guru Nanak; beginning of Sikh tradition |
| 1472–1529 | Life of Wang Yangming in China |
| 1498–1547 | Life of Mirabai, bhakti poet of India |
| 1517 | Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses; beginning of Protestant Reformation |
| 1543 | Publication of Copernicus’s masterwork about a sun-centered universe |
| 1545–1563 | Council of Trent |
| 1560s | Taki Onqoy movement in Peru |
| 1582–1610 | Matteo Ricci in China |
| 1598 | Edict of Nantes proclaiming religious toleration in France |
| Early 17th century | European missionaries expelled from Japan |
| 1618–1648 | Thirty Years’ War in Europe |
| 1642–1727 | Life of Isaac Newton; culmination of European Scientific Revolution |
| 18th century | European Enlightenment |
| Early 18th century | Missionaries lost favor in the Chinese court |
| 1740–1818 | Wahhabi movement of Islamic reform in Arabia |