1477 - 1480 | 1.0 - 4.0 | Construction period of the Sistine Chapel | Monuments |
Nov 10, 1483 - Feb 18, 1546 | 7.3 - 69.6 | Life of Martin Luther | Personalities |
Aug 22, 1485 - Apr 21, 1509 | 9.1 - 32.8 | King of England: Henry VII | Great Britain |
Mar 31, 1492 | 15.7 | Alhambra Decree | Spain |
Aug 3, 1492 - Mar 15, 1493 | 16.1 - 16.7 | First voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
Sep 25, 1493 - Jun 11, 1496 | 17.2 - 19.9 | Second voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
1495 | 19.0 | League of Venice ('Holy League of 1495') | Italy |
May 30, 1498 - Nov 25, 1500 | 21.9 - 24.4 | Third voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
May 11, 1502 - Nov 7, 1504 | 25.8 - 28.3 | Fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
1505 | 29.0 | Portugal starts building coastal fortifications in eastern Africa and India | Discoveries & Colonization |
Jul 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564 | 33.0 - 87.9 | Life of Johannes Calvin | Personalities |
Oct 31, 1517 | 41.3 | Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the doors of All Saint's Church in Wittenberg | World |
May 6, 1527 - Jun 7, 1527 | 50.8 - 50.9 | 'Sack of Rome' | Italy |
1535 - 1542 | 59.0 - 66.0 | Act of Union 1535 | Great Britain |
CA 1540 - Jan 28, 1596 | 64.0 - 119.6 | Life of Sir Francis Drake | Personalities |
Feb 23, 1556 | 79.7 | The deadliest earthquake on record: Shaanxi earthquake ('Jiajing earthquake') | Disasters |
Nov 17, 1558 - CA 1575 | 82.4 - 99.0 | Queen of England: Elizabeth I | Great Britain |
1562 | 86.0 | Start of the Huguenot Wars | France |
Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642 | 87.6 - 165.6 | Life of Galileo Galilei | Personalities |
1565 | 89.0 | Founding of St. Augustine | USA |
Jul 26, 1572 - Aug 2, 1572 | 96.1 | Battle of Molodi | Russia |