| 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. | ||
| 1484 | Ulrich Zwingli is born in St. Gall. | ||
| 1492 | Columbus sets sail for the Americas. | ||
| 1493 | Maximilian I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1498 | Ulrich Zwingli enrolls at the University of Vienna. | ||
| 1500 | Charles V is born. | ||
| 1502 | Ulrich Zwingli transfers to University in Basel. | ||
| 1504 | Ulrich Zwingli receives BA from Basel. | ||
| 1506 | Zwingli receives Master of Arts at University of Basel. | ||
| 1506 | Ulrich Zwingli receives MA from Basel. | ||
| 1506 | Ulrich Zwingli is ordained and becomes parish priest in Glarus. | ||
| 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 causes Zwingli to preach against mercenary system. | ||
| 1515 | Battle of Marignano. | ||
| 1516 | Erasmus' Greek New Testament published. | ||
| 1516 | Ulrich Zwingli becomes rector of the monastic church at Einsiedeln. | ||
| 1518 | Ulrich Zwingli becomes priest at the Great Minster in Zurich. | ||
| 1519 | Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1519 | Maximillian I dies. | ||
| 1521 | Ulrich Zwingli and Berchtold Haller meet for the first time. | ||
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 1522 | Ulrich Zwingli defends those who eat meat during Lent. | ||
| 1522 | Ulrich Zwingli secretly marries Anna Rhinehardt. | ||
| 1523 | First Zurich Disputation between Zwingli and Johann Faber vicar-general of Constance. Reformation begins in Zurich. | ||
| 1523 | Second Zurich Disputation in which Zwingli argued for the removal of images from churches. Grebel unsuccessfully argued for the abolition of the mass. | ||
| 1523 | Heinrich Bullinger meets Ulrich Zwingli. | ||
| 1524 | Erasmus writes On the Freedom of the Will. | ||
| 1524 | Ulrich Zwingli's marriage to Anna Rhinehardt made public. | ||
| 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 | Ulrich Zwingli and Berchtold Haller attend the Baden Disputation. | ||
| 1526 | August 29 | Battle of Moh?cs. | Battle of Mohács |
| 1528 | Heinrich Bullinger accompanies Ulrich Zwingli to the disputation at Bern | ||
| 1529 | Luther and Zwingli debate at Marburg Colloquy | The Marburg Colloquy | |
| 1529 | The Turks attack Vienna. | ||
| 1530 | Zwingli helps Karlstadt become a deacon at the Grossm?nster in Zurich. | ||
| 1531 | Zwingli dies at the Battle of Kappel. | ||
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 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. |