The Renaissance & Early Modem Era, 1454-1600. Vol. 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