| 1452 | Leonardo da Vinci is born. | ||
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| 1455 | Johannes Gutenberg completes printing the Bible in Mainz using movable type | ||
| 1469 | Desiderus Erasmus is born. | ||
| 1469 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan is born. | ||
| 1473 | Nicolaus Copernicus is born. | ||
| 1475 | Michelangelo is born. | ||
| 1488 | Cajetan begins studies in Bologna. | ||
| 1491 | Cajetan goes to Padua to finish studies and teach. | ||
| 1492 | Columbus sets sail for the Americas. | ||
| 1493 | Maximilian I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1493 | Cajetan begins lecturing at Padua on Peter Lombard's Sentences. | ||
| 1494 | Cajetan appointed university chair of Thomistic studies at Padua. | ||
| 1496 | Cajetan publishes commentary on Aquinas' On Being and Essence. | ||
| 1497 | Cajetan becomes professor of Thomistic theology in Pavia. | ||
| 1498 | Cajetan publishes The Analogy of Names. | ||
| 1499 | Cajetan called to teach in Milan. | ||
| 1500 | Charles V is born. | ||
| 1501 | Cajetan called to Rome and appointed procurator general of Dominicans. | ||
| 1506 | Cajetan publishes: On Interpretation, Posterior Analytics, The Categories, Metaphysics | ||
| 1507 | Pope appoints Cajetan as vicar general of Dominicans. | ||
| 1508 | Cajetan sends Dominicans to the New World. | ||
| 1509 | Erasmus writes In Praise of Folly. | ||
| 1510 | Cajetan publishes The Infinity of the First Mover. | ||
| 1511 | Cajetan publishes A Comparison of the Authority of the Pope and Councils | ||
| 1513 | Battle of the Spurs: Henry VIII's forces defeat the French, at Guinegate. | ||
| 1515 | Battle of Marignano. | ||
| 1516 | Erasmus' Greek New Testament published. | ||
| 1517 | Cajetan named cardinal by pope Leo X. | ||
| 1519 | Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1519 | Maximillian I dies. | ||
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 1522 | Cajetan sent by pope Adrian VI as legate to Hungary. | ||
| 1523 | Cajetan completes 4th volume of his commentary on Aquinas' Summa. | ||
| 1524 | Erasmus writes On the Freedom of the Will. | ||
| 1524 | May 30 | Peasants in the Black Forest region of Germany begin Peasants' War. | Peasants' War |
| 1526 | Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal. | ||
| 1526 | August 29 | Battle of Moh?cs. | Battle of Mohács |
| 1529 | The Turks attack Vienna. | ||
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 1534 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan dies. | ||
| 1550 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes In Defense of the Indians. | ||
| 1552 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes The Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indes. | ||
| 1553 | Constantinople falls to the Turks. | ||
| 1558 | Charles V dies. |