| Year |
International
Relations &
Warfare |
Politics |
Science,
Technology & Discovery |
Society &
Culture |
Economics &
Daily Life |
| 1500 |
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Madonna and Child by Michelangelo
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| 1501 |
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Safavid dynasty rules Iran (1501 - 1722)
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| 1502 |
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(1) Machiavelli and the Borgas
(2) Montezuma II becomes Aztec emperor
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| 1503 |
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Leonardo's Mona Lisa
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| 1506 |
Charles of Ghent inherits the Burgundian possessions of his father Philip I
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Christopher Columbus dies
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Francis Xavier born
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| 1508 |
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Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel
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| 1509 |
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Henry VIII assumes English throne
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| 1510 |
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Portugese ship slaves to the Americas
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| 1512 |
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Amerigo Vespucci dies
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| 1513 |
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(1) Florida discovered by Ponce de Leon
(2) Balboa sees the Pacific
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| 1516 |
Charles of Ghent proclaimed king of Aragon and Castile after the death of his grandfather Ferdinand II
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| 1517 |
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Martin Luther's 95 Theses begins the Reformation
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| 1519 |
Charles of Ghent secures election as King of the Romans with financial support from the Fugger banking family
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Ferdinand Magellan leaves to circumnavigate the world
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| 1520 |
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Field of the Cloth of Gold; Fabulous meeting between Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England
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| 1521 |
(1) Portugal rules Bahrain 1521 - 1602
(2) Battle of Tenochtitlan; Cortes completes conquest of Aztec Empire
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Magellan killed in the Philippines
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At the Imperial Diet of Worms, Martin Luther refuses to recant his critique of the Catholic Church and Charles V declares him a heretic
(1521 to 1521) |
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| 1524 |
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German peasant revolt
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| 1525 |
(1) Spanish army defeats French at Battle of Pavia; Spain becomes dominant power in Italy
(2) Imperial-Spanish army commanded by Charles de Lannoy defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia and takes French king Francis I captive
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| 1526 |
(1) Battle of Panipat
(2) Mogul-Afghan War
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| 1527 |
Imperial troops sack Rome
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| 1528 |
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Albrecht Durer dies
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| 1530 |
Pope Clement VII crowns Charles as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
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Augsburg Confessions
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| 1531 |
Spanish Conquest of Peru begins
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| 1532 |
Battle of Cajamarca
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Machiavelli's The Prince
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| 1533 |
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Kabir Nanak dies
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| 1534 |
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Cartier in Canada
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(1) Martin Luther publishes a full translation of the Old and New Testaments in German
(2) England splits from Roman Catholic Church; Henry VIII confiscates church property and establishes Church of England
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| 1535 |
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Sir Thomas More executed
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