1328 – Flanders woring-class revolt
(1305-1337) Giotto’s paintings mark emergence of artistic renaissance.
(1330-1384) John Wyclif
(1337-1453) Hundred Year’s War. England Vs. France.
(1300-1450) “Little Ice Age” = European economic depression
(1347 – 1720) Black Death
(1350-1450) Height of the Hanseatic League
(1350-1559) Merchant oligarchies/despots rule Italian city-states.
1358 – French working-class revolt
1378 – Florence working-class revolt
(1378 – 1417) Great Schism
1381 – English working-class revolt
(1377-1446) Brunelleschi, Florentine Architect
(1387-1400) Chaucer, “The Canterburry Tales”
(1400’s) Height of Renaissance
(1401-1428) Masaccio
(1414-1418) Council of Constance ends The Great Schism
(1429-1431) Joan of Arc led french armies to victories during the 100 year’s war.
1434 – Medici dominance of florence begins
1438 – Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges gives France more power over Papal officials
(1440-1510) Botticelli
(1400-1500) Balkan Slaves into
Mediterranean, African slaves to Iberia and Italy.
1450 – European printing press
(1452-1519) Leonardo DaVinci
1453 – Ottoman Turks/Mahomet II take Constantinople
(1455-73) English War of the Roses
(1471-1528) Durer
(1475-1528) Michelangelo
1478 – Spanish inquisition established
(1483-1520) Raphael
1492 – Columbus reaches the Americas
1492 – Ferdinand and Isabella complete reconquista
1492 – Jews expelled from Spain
1494 – France invades Italy
(1400-1500) Balkan Slaves into Mediterranean, African slaves to Iberia and Italy.
1509 – Erasmus, The Praise of Folly
1513 – Machiavelli’s The Prince
1513 – Balboa discovers the Pacific
1516 – Moore’s Utopia
1517 – Luther’s 95 Theses
(1519-1556) Charles V, Holy Roman emperor
(1519-1522)Magellan’s crew circumnavigates the world
(1521-1559) Habsburg-Valois Wars
(1524-25) German Peasant’s revolt
1528 – Castiglione, The Courtier
(1532-34) Henry VIII breaks with the RCC
1535 – Ursuline order established by Merici
(1540-1690) Scientific Revolution
1540 – Loyola establishes Society of Jesus
1541 – Calvin makes Geneva a theocracy
1543 – Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies
(1545-1563) Council of Trent reforms Catholocism.
1555 – Peace of Augsburg officially recognizes Lutheranism.
(1540-1690) Scientific Revolution
(1550-1725) Baroque movement. Reubens, Velasquez
(1556-1591) Philip II of Spain
(1566-1598) Revolt of the Netherlands
(1563-1642) Galileo
(1564-1616) Shakespeare
(1571-1630) Kepler
1572 – St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in France.
(1578-1657) Harvey
1588 – English defeat of the Spanish Armada
1598 – Montaigne’s “Essays”
1598 – Henry IV issues Edict of Nantes
(1598-1613) Russian “Time of Troubles”
(1540-1690) Scientific Revolution(1598-1613) Russian “Time of Troubles”
1618 – Thirty Year’s War begins
(1624-43) Richelieu influences French government