Term 1 Flashcards
14th Century-1527
roughly the Italian Renaissance
1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
1492 (both)
Columbus sails the ocean blue, no more muslim no more jew (reconquista)
1513
Machiavelli publishes The Prince
1517
Luther posts his Ninety-Five Theses
1521—1648
Era of Religious Wars
1527
Sack of Rome
1529
The Ottoman Turks lay siege to Vienna
1517-1648
Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter Reformation
1545-63
Council of Trent meets to decide how to reform the Catholic Church
1555
Peace of Augsburg ends the civil wars in Germany
1567
Dutch Wars of Independence and Religion against Philip II
1562—1598
The French Civil Wars of Religion and Politics
1598
Edict of Nantes
1588
The Spanish Armada Fails in Its Crusade Against Protestant Elizabethan England