Review Timeline

  • Period: 1450 to

    Age of Discovery

  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovers the Americas

    This event belongs to the Age of Discovery
  • Period: 1500 to

    Height of Renaissance

  • 1517

    Martin Luther Posts the 95 Theses

    This event belongs to the Protestant Reformation
  • Period: 1517 to

    Protestant Reformation

  • 1518

    Cortes Conquers the Aztecs in Mexico

    This event belongs to the Age of Discovery
  • 1530

    Calvin Creates a New Form of Protestantism

    This event belongs to the Protestant Reformation
  • 1534

    Henry VIII Splits from the Catholic Church

    This event belongs to the Protestant Reformation
  • Period: 1540 to

    Scientific Revolution

  • 1543

    Copernicus Creates the Heliocentric Theory

    This event belongs to the Scientific Revolution
  • 1558

    Elizabeth I Creates the Anglican Church

    This event belongs to the Protestant Reformation
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    Enlightenment

  • Period: to

    The English Civil War

    This event belongs to the Enlightenment
  • Charles II Takes Power (Restoration)

    This event belongs to the Enlightenment
  • Newton Creates the Laws of Gravity

    This event belongs to the Scientific Revolution
  • William and Mary Take Power (Glorious Revolution)

    This event belongs to the Enlightenment
  • Locke Writes the Two Treatises of Government

    This event belonged to the Enlightenment
  • Montesquieu Writes the Spirit of Laws

    This event belongs to the Enlightenment
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    Age of Revolutions

  • Period: to

    The American Revolution

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Period: to

    The French Revolution

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Period: to

    The Reign of Terror

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Napoleon Takes Power

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Haitian Independence

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Period: to

    The Napoleonic Wars

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Father Miguel Hidalgo Begins the Mexican Revolution

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Simon Bolivar Helps Venezuela With Independence

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • The Congress of Vienna Meets

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • Simon Bolivar Helps Peru With Independence

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • The U.S. Issues the Monroe Doctrine

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions
  • The Unification of Germany

    This event belongs to the Age of Revolutions