| 1477 - 1480 | 2.0 - 5.0 | Construction period of the Sistine Chapel | Monuments |
| Nov 10, 1483 - Feb 18, 1546 | 8.3 - 70.6 | Life of Martin Luther | Personalities |
| Aug 22, 1485 - Apr 21, 1509 | 10.1 - 33.8 | King of England: Henry VII | Great Britain |
| Mar 31, 1492 | 16.7 | Alhambra Decree | Spain |
| Aug 3, 1492 - Mar 15, 1493 | 17.1 - 17.7 | First voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
| Sep 25, 1493 - Jun 11, 1496 | 18.2 - 20.9 | Second voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
| 1495 | 20.0 | League of Venice ('Holy League of 1495') | Italy |
| May 30, 1498 - Nov 25, 1500 | 22.9 - 25.4 | Third voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
| May 11, 1502 - Nov 7, 1504 | 26.8 - 29.3 | Fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
| 1505 | 30.0 | Portugal starts building coastal fortifications in eastern Africa and India | Discoveries & Colonization |
| Jul 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564 | 34.0 - 88.9 | Life of Johannes Calvin | Personalities |
| Oct 31, 1517 | 42.3 | Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the doors of All Saint's Church in Wittenberg | World |
| May 6, 1527 - Jun 7, 1527 | 51.8 - 51.9 | 'Sack of Rome' | Italy |
| 1535 - 1542 | 60.0 - 67.0 | Act of Union 1535 | Great Britain |
| CA 1540 - Jan 28, 1596 | 65.0 - 120.6 | Life of Sir Francis Drake | Personalities |
| Feb 23, 1556 | 80.7 | The deadliest earthquake on record: Shaanxi earthquake ('Jiajing earthquake') | Disasters |
| Nov 17, 1558 - CA 1575 | 83.4 - 100.0 | Queen of England: Elizabeth I | Great Britain |
| 1562 | 87.0 | Start of the Huguenot Wars | France |
| Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642 | 88.6 - 166.6 | Life of Galileo Galilei | Personalities |
| 1565 | 90.0 | Founding of St. Augustine | USA |
| Jul 26, 1572 - Aug 2, 1572 | 97.1 | Battle of Molodi | Russia |
Hugonine Milliet
Birth
Pierre Milliet