Great events from history. The Renaissance & Early Modem Era 1454 -1600. V.1-2 [1-2] 1587652145, 1587652153, 1587652161, 2004028878

Table of contents :
V.1. 1454-1532
Publisher’s Note
Contributors
Keyword List of Contents
List of Maps, Tables, and Sidebars
Maps of the Renaissance & Early Modem Era
1450’s
Mid-15th century, Foundation of the Saud Dynasty
1450’s-1471, Champa Civil Wars
145O’s-1529, Thai Wars
1451-1526, Lodi Kings Dominate Northern India
1454, China Subdues Burma
1454-1481, Rise of the Ottoman Empire
April 9, 1454, Peace of Lodi
1455-1485, Wars of the Roses
1456, Publication of Gutenberg’s Mazarin Bible
1457-1480’s, Spread of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
February 11, 1457, Restoration of Zhengtong
April 14, 1457-July 2, 1504, Reign of Stephen the Great
1458-1490, Hungarian Renaissance
1459, Rao Jodha Founds Jodhpur
1460’s
Early 1460’s, Labor Shortages Alter Europe’s Social Structure
1460-1600, Rise of the Akan Kingdoms
1462, Founding of the Platonic Academy
c. 1462, Kazak Empire Is Established
1462, Regiomontanus Completes the Epitome of Ptolemy’s Almagest
1463-1479, Ottoman-Venetian War
c. 1464-1591, Songhai Empire Dominates the Western Sudan
1465-1487, Reign of Xianzong
July 16, 1465-April, 1559, French-Burgundian and French-Austrian Wars
October 19, 1466, Second Peace of Thorn
1467, End of King Parakramabahu Vi’s Reign
1467-1477, Onin War
1469-1481, Reign of the Ava King Thihathura
1469-1492, Rule of Lorenzo de’ Medici
1469-1508, Ak Koyunlu Dynasty Controls Iraq and Northern Iran
October 19, 1469, Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
1470’s
1471-1493, Reign of Topa Inca
March 18-22, 1471, Battle of Vijaya
c. 1473, Ashikaga Yoshimasa Builds the Silver Pavilion
1473, Jakob II Fugger Becomes a Merchant
1473-1600, Witch-Hunts and Witch Trials
1474, Great Wall of China Is Built
1474-1479, Castilian War of Succession
Late 15th century, Mombasa, Malindi, and Kilwa Reach Their Height
August 29, 1475, Peace of Picquigny
1477-1482, Work Begins on the Sistine Chapel
1477-1600, Japan’s 4 Age of the Country at War”
June 12, 1477-August 17, 1487, Hungarian War with the Holy Roman Empire
August 17, 1477, Foundation of the Habsburg Dynasty
1478, Muscovite Conquest of Novgorod
1478-1482, Albanian-Turkish Wars End
c. 1478-1519, Leonardo da Vinci Compiles His Notebooks
April 26, 1478, Pazzi Conspiracy
November 1, 1478, Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition
1480’s
1480-1502, Destruction of the Golden Horde
After 1480, Ivan the Great Organizes the “Third Rome”
1481-1482, Founding of Elmina
1481-1499, Ludovico Sforza Rules Milan
1481-1512, Reign of Bayezid II and Ottoman Civil Wars
1482-1492, Maximilian I Takes Control of the Low Countries
1483-1485, Richard III Rules England
c. 1485, Portuguese Establish a Foothold in Africa
Beginning 1485, The Tudors Rule England
May, 1485-April 13, 1517, Mamluk-Ottoman Wars
1486-1487, Pico della Mirandola Writes Oration on the Dignity of Man
August, 1487-December, 1488, Dias Rounds the Cape of Good Hope
1488-1505, Reign of Xiaozong
c. 1488-1594, Khmer-Thai Wars
March 5, 1488, Composition of the Renga Masterpiece Minase sangin hyakuin
1489, cAdil Shah Dynasty Founded
1489, Yorkshire Rebellion
1490’s
1490’s, Aldus Manutius Founds the Aldine Press
1490’s, Decline of the Silk Road
Beginning 1490, Development of the Camera Obscura
c. 1490, Fragmentation of the Bahmani Sultanate
1490-1492, Martin Behaim Builds the First World Globe
1491-1545, Christianity Is Established in the Kingdom of Kongo
1492, Fall of Granada
1492, Jews Are Expelled from Spain
October 12, 1492, Columbus Lands in the Americas
1493-1521, Ponce de Leon’s Voyages
1493-1525, Reign of Huayna Capac
1493-1528, Reign of Mohammed I Askia
August 19, 1493-January 12, 1519, Reign of Maximilian I
1494, Sebastian Brant Publishes The Ship of Fools
June 7, 1494, Treaty of Tordesillas
September, 1494-October, 1495, Charles VIII of France Invades Italy
December 1, 1494, Poynings’ Law
Beginning c. 1495, Reform of the Spanish Church
1495-1497, Leonardo da Vinci Paints The Last Supper
1495-1510, West Indian Uprisings
1497, Cornish Rebellion
Beginning 1497, Danish-Swedish Wars
June 24, 1497-May, 1498, Cabot’s Voyages
January, 1498, Portuguese Reach the Swahili Coast
1499, Louis XII of France Seizes Milan
1499-1517, Erasmus Advances Humanism in England
1499-c. 1600, Russo-Polish Wars
1500’s
Beginning c. 1500, Coffee, Cacao, Tobacco, and Sugar Are Sold Worldwide
c. 1500, Netherlandish School of Painting
c. 1500, Revival of Classical Themes in Art
c. 1500, Rise of Sarmatism in Poland
1500, Roman Jubilee
1500-1530’s, Portugal Begins to Colonize Brazil
Early 16th century, Athapaskans Arrive in the Southwest
Early 16th century, Devotional Bhakti Traditions Emerge
Early 16th century, Fuzuli Writes Poetry in Three Languages
Early 16th century, Rise of the Fur Trade
16th century, China’s Population Boom
16th century, Decline of Moundville
16th century, Evolution of the Galleon
16th century, Iroquois Confederacy Is Established
16th century, Proliferation of Firearms
16th century, Rise of the Shenshi
16th century, Single-Whip Reform
16th century, Trans-Saharan Trade Enriches Akan Kingdoms
16th century, Worldwide Inflation
1501-1524, Reign of Ismacil I
1502, Beginning of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
1502-1520, Reign of Montezuma II
Beginning 1504, Decline of the Hafsid Dynasty
September 22, 1504, Treaty of Blois
November 26, 1504, Joan the Mad Becomes Queen of Castile
1505-1515, Portuguese Viceroys Establish Overseas Trade Empire
1505-1521, Reign of Zhengde and Liu Jin
1507, End of the Timurid Dynasty
1508, Formation of the League of Cambrai
1508-1520, Raphael Paints His Frescoes
1508-1512 and 1534-1541, Michelangelo Paints the Sistine Chapel
1509-1565, Vijayanagar Wars
1510’s
c. 1510, Invention of the Watch
1510-1578, Sacdl Sharifs Come to Power in Morocco
December 2, 1510, Battle of Merv Establishes the Shaybanid Dynasty
1511 -c. 1515, Melaka Falls to the Portuguese
1512-1520, Reign of Selim 1
April 11, 1512, Battle of Ravenna
Beginning 1513, Kano School Flourishes
July-December, 1513, Machiavelli Writes The Prince
August 22, 1513-July 6, 1560, Anglo-Scottish Wars
September 29, 1513, Balboa Reaches the Pacific Ocean
1514, Hungarian Peasants’ Revolt
1514-1598, Portuguese Reach China
1515-1529, Wolsey Serves as Lord Chancellor and Cardinal
September 13-14, 1515, Battle of Marignano
1516, Sir Thomas More Publishes Utopia
January 23, 1516, Charles I Ascends the Throne of Spain
August 18, 1516, Concordat of Bologna
1517, Fracastoro Develops His Theory of Fossils
October 31, 1517, Luther Posts His Ninety-five Theses
Beginning 1519, Smallpox Kills Thousands of Indigenous Americans
1519-1522, Magellan Expedition Circumnavigates the Globe
April, 1519-August, 1521, Cortes Conquers Aztecs in Mexico
June 28, 1519, Charles V Is Elected Holy Roman Emperor
1520’s
1520-1522, Comunero Revolt
1520-1566, Reign of Suleyman
June 5-24, 1520, Field of Cloth of Gold
1521-1559, Valois-Habsburg Wars
1521-1567, Reign of Jiajing
April-May, 1521, Luther Appears Before the Diet of Worms
June 28, 1522-December 27, 1522, Siege and Fall of Rhodes
November 3, 1522-November 17, 1530, Correggio Paints the Assumption of the Virgin
1523, Gustav I Vasa Becomes King of Sweden
Spring, 1523, Ouchi Family Monopolizes Trade with China
August, 1523, Franciscan Missionaries Arrive in Mexico
June, 1524-July, 1526, German Peasants’ War
1525-1532, Huascar and Atahualpa Share Inca Rule
1525-1600, Ottoman-Ruled Egypt Sends Expeditions South and East
February, 1525, Battle of Pavia
1526-1547, Hungarian Civil Wars
April 21, 1526, First Battle of Panipat
August 29, 1526, Battle of Mohacs ?
1527-1543, Ethiopia’s Early Solomonic Period Ends
1527-1547, Maya Resist Spanish Incursions in Yucatan
1527-1599, Burmese Civil Wars
March 17, 1527, Battle of Khanua
May 6, 1527-February, 1528, Sack of Rome
1528, Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier Is Published
1528-1536, Narvaez’s and Cabeza de Vaca’s Expeditions
1529-1574, North Africa Recognizes Ottoman Suzerainty
March 7, 1529, Battle of Shimbra-Kure
September 27-October 16, 1529, Siege of Vienna
1530’s
1530’s-1540’s, Paracelsus Presents His Theory of Disease
December 30, 1530, Humayun Inherits the Throne in India
1531-1540, Cromwell Reforms British Government
1531-1585, Antwerp Becomes the Commercial Capital of Europe
February 27, 1531, Formation of the Schmalkaldic League
1532, Holbein Settles in London
1532-1536, Temmon Hokke Rebellion
1532-1537, Pizarro Conquers the Incas in Peru
V.2. 1530s-1600
Keyword List of Contents
List of Maps, Tables, and Sidebars
Maps of the Renaissance & Early Modern Era
1530’s (continued)
1534-1535, Ottomans Claim Sovereignty over Mesopotamia
April 20, 1534-July, 1543, Cartier and Roberval Search for a Northwest Passage
August 15, 1534, Founding of the Jesuit Order
December 18, 1534, Act of Supremacy
December 23, 1534-1540, Parmigianino Paints Madonna with the Long Neck
July, 1535-March, 1540, Henry VIII Dissolves the Monasteries
1536, Turkish Capitulations Begin
1536 and 1543, Acts of Union Between England and Wales
March, 1536, Calvin Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
October, 1536-June, 1537, Pilgrimage of Grace
1537, Pope Paul III Declares Rights of New World Peoples
September 27-28, 1538, Battle of Preveza
1539, Jiajing Threatens Vietnam
May, 1539, Six Articles of Henry VIII
May 28, 1539-September 10, 1543, De Soto’s North American Expedition
1540’s
1540-1545, Sher Shah Sur Becomes Emperor of Delhi
February 23, 1540-October, 1542, Coronado’s Southwest Expedition
October 20-27, 1541, Holy Roman Empire Attacks Ottomans in Algiers
1542-1543, The New Laws of Spain
June 27, 1542-c. 1600, Spain Explores Alta California
July 15, 1542-1559, Paul III Establishes the Index of Prohibited Books
1543, Copernicus Publishes De Revolutionibus
1543, Vesalius Publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body
Autumn, 1543, Europeans Begin Trade with Japan
1544-1628, Anglo-French Wars
1545-1548, Silver Is Discovered in Spanish America
1545-1563, Council of Trent
February 27, 1545, Battle of Ancrum Moor
1546, Fracastoro Discovers That Contagion Spreads Disease
January 16, 1547, Coronation of Ivan the Terrible
January 28, 1547-July 6, 1553, Reign of Edward VI
1548-1600, Siamese-Burmese Wars
1549, Kett’s Rebellion
1549-1552, Father Xavier Introduces Christianity to Japan
1549-1570’s, La Pleiade Promotes French Poetry
Mid-16th century, Development of the Caracole Maneuver
1550’s
1550’s, Tartaglia Publishes The New Science
1550’s-1567, Japanese Pirates Pillage the Chinese Coast
1550’s-c. 1600, Educational Reforms in Europe
1550-1571, Mongols Raid Beijing
1550-1593, Japanese Wars of Unification
January-May, 1551, The Stoglav Convenes
1552, Las Casas Publishes The Tears of the Indians
1552, Struggle for the Strait of Hormuz
1553, Servetus Describes the Circulatory System
July, 1553, Coronation of Mary Tudor
September, 1553, First Battle of Kawanakajima
January 25-February 7, 1554, Wyatt’s Rebellion
1555-1556, Charles V Abdicates
September 25, 1555, Peace of Augsburg
1556-1605, Reign of Akbar
January 23, 1556, Earthquake in China Kills Thousands
Summer, 1556, Ivan the Terrible Annexes Astrakhan
1557-1582, Livonian War
1558-1593, Burmese-Laotian Wars
1558-1603, Reign of Elizabeth 1
January 1-8, 1558, France Regains Calais from England
1559- 1561, Suleyman’s Sons Wage Civil War
April 3, 1559, Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
May, 1559-August, 1561, Scottish Reformation
1560’s
c. 1560’s, Invention of the “Lead” Pencil
April or May, 1560, Publication of the Geneva Bible
June 12, 1560, Battle of Okehazama
March, 1562-May 2, 1598, French Wars of Religion
1563-1584, Construction of the Escorial
January, 1563, Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England
January 20, 1564, Peace of Troyes
June, 1564, Tintoretto Paints for the Scuola di San Rocco
1565, Spain Seizes the Philippines
May 18-September 8, 1565, Siege of Malta
September, 1565, St. Augustine Is Founded
1566-1574, Reign of Selim II
July 22, 1566, Pius V Expels the Prostitutes from Rome
1567, Palestrina Publishes the Pope Marcellus Mass
1567-1572, Reign of Longqing
July 29, 1567, James VI Becomes King of Scotland
1568, Oda Nobunaga Seizes Kyoto
c. 1568-1571. Ottoman-Russian War
1568-1648, Dutch Wars of Independence
February 23, 1568, Fall of Chitor
1569, Mercator Publishes His World Map
November 9, 1569, Rebellion of the Northern Earls
1570’s
February 25, 1570, Pius V Excommunicates Elizabeth I
July, 1570-August, 1571, Siege of Famagusta and Fall of Cyprus
October 7, 1571, Battle of Lepanto
1572-1574, Tycho Brahe Observes a Supernova
August 24-25, 1572, St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
1573-1620, Reign of Wanli
1574-1595, Reign of Murad III
Mid-1570’s, Powhatan Confederacy Is Founded
1575, Tallis and Byrd Publish Cantiones Sacrae
March 3, 1575, Mughal Conquest of Bengal
November, 1575, Stephen Bathory Becomes King of Poland
1576, James Burbage Builds The Theatre
1576-1612, Reign of Rudolf II
June 7, 1576-July, 1578, Frobisher’s Voyages
1577, Ram Das Founds Amritsar
1578, First Dalai Lama Becomes Buddhist Spiritual Leader
1578-1590, The Battle for Tabriz
August 4, 1578, Battle of Ksar el-Kebir
June 17, 1579, Drake Lands in Northern California
1580’s
1580’s-1590’s, Galileo Conducts His Early Experiments
1580-1581, Spain Annexes Portugal
1580-1587, Rebellions in Bihar and Bengal
1580-1595, Montaigne Publishes His Essays
c. 1580-c. 1600, Siamese-Cambodian Wars
1581-1597, Cossacks Seize Sibir
July 26, 1581, The United Provinces Declare Independence from Spain
1582, Gregory XIII Reforms the Calendar
July 21, 1582, Battle of the Tobol River
1583-1600, Bruno’s Theory of the Infinite Universe
1583-1610, Matteo Ricci Travels to Beijing
1584-1613, Russia’s Time of Troubles
July 4, 1584-1590, Lost Colony of Roanoke
July 7, 1585-December 23, 1588, War of the Three Henrys
September 14, 1585-July 27, 1586, Drake’s Expedition to the West Indies
February, 1586, Annexation of Kashmir
1587, Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hosts a Ten-Day Tea Ceremony
1587-1629, Reign of cAbbas the Great
April, 1587-c. 1600, Anglo-Spanish War
1588-1602. Rise of the English Madrigal
July 31-August 8, 1588, Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1589, Russian Patriarchate Is Established
1589, Second Janissary Revolt in Constantinople
c. 1589-1613, Shakespeare Writes His Dramas
August 2, 1589, Henry IV Ascends the Throne of France
1590’s
1590’s, Birth of Opera
1590, Odawara Campaign
1591, Fall of the Songhai Empire
1592, Publication of Wu Chengen’s The Journey to the West
1592-1599, Japan Invades Korea
1593-1606, Ottoman-Austrian War
1594-1595, Taiko Kenchi Survey
1594-1600, King Michael’s Uprising
1596, Ralegh Arrives in Guiana
October, 1596-February, 1597, San Felipe Incident
1597-September, 1601, Tyrone Rebellion
October 31, 1597, John Dowland Publishes Ayres
1598, Astrakhanid Dynasty Is Established
January, 1598-February, 1599, Onate’s New Mexico Expedition
April 13, 1598, Edict of Nantes
May 2, 1598, Treaty of Vervins
December, 1598-May, 1599, The Globe Theatre Is Built
1599, Castrati Sing in the Sistine Chapel Choir
1600, William Gilbert Publishes De Magnete
October 21, 1600, Battle of Sekigahara
December 31, 1600, Elizabeth I Charters the East India Company
Appendices
Time Line
Glossary
Bibliography
Electronic Resources
Chronological List of Entries
Geographical Index
Category Index
Indexes
Personages Index
Subject Index