| 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. | ||
| 1473 | Nicolaus Copernicus is born. | ||
| 1475 | Michelangelo is born. | ||
| 1492 | Columbus sets sail for the Americas. | ||
| 1493 | Maximilian I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1500 | Charles V is born. | ||
| 1509 | John Calvin is born. | ||
| 1509 | Erasmus writes In Praise of Folly. | ||
| 1513 | Battle of the Spurs: Henry VIII's forces defeat the French, at Guinegate. | ||
| 1515 | Battle of Marignano. | ||
| 1516 | Erasmus' Greek New Testament published. | ||
| 1519 | Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1519 | Maximillian I dies. | ||
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 1532 | John Calvin publishes his first work?a commentary on Seneca?s De Clementia. | ||
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 1535 | Calvin moves to Geneva. | ||
| 1536 | Calvin publishes the first edition of his Institutes of the Christian Religion. | ||
| 1537 | January 16 | The Little Council and the Council of Two Hundred adopt Calvin's 21 Articles. | |
| 1538 | Calvin and William Farel are banished from Geneva. | ||
| 1538 | April 21 | Calvin and Farel refuse to serve communion in Geneva. | |
| 1540 | Calvin publishes his commentary on Romans. | ||
| 1540 | Calvin attends Diet of Hagenau. | ||
| 1540 | August | Calvin marries Idelette de Bures. | |
| 1541 | Calvin attends Diet of Regensburg. | ||
| 1541 | November 20 | Geneva city councils approve Calvin's Ecclesiastical Ordinances as the church constitution. | |
| 1541 | September 13 | Calvin returns to Geneva. | |
| 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 | Michael Servetus arrested in Geneva and burned at the stake. | ||
| 1553 | Constantinople falls to the Turks. | ||
| 1558 | Charles V dies. | ||
| 1564 | John Calvin dies. |