World History Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Renaissance

  • Nov 6, 1418

    Prince Henry's School founded

  • Nov 5, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers America

  • Jun 7, 1494

    Treaty of Tordasillas

  • Jul 12, 1498

    Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa

  • Nov 5, 1500

    Peak of Ottoman Empire

  • Nov 7, 1509

    Erasmus’ Praise of Folly

  • Nov 7, 1517

    Mona Lisa finished

  • Nov 7, 1517

    95 Theses

  • Nov 7, 1518

    Tobacco introduced to Europe

  • Nov 5, 1520

    Start of Mughal Empire

  • Apr 27, 1521

    Magellan circumnavigates the globe

  • Nov 7, 1521

    Cortez conquers the Aztecs

  • Nov 7, 1532

    Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas

  • Nov 7, 1534

    Anglican Church started

  • Nov 7, 1543

    Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published

  • Nov 7, 1545

    Council of Trent

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

  • Galileo’s first telescope

  • 30 years war

  • William Harvey discovered circulation of blood

  • Discartes’ Discourse on Method

  • Taj Mahal built

  • Newton’s Laws of gravity