1501–1650
Renaissance
Reformation, conquest, and the world drawn whole.
724 events across 150 years
Turning points
1501Middle EastReligion
Ismail Crowned Shah of Persia
July 1501Renaissance
1511Southeast AsiaWar
Malacca Falls to the Portuguese
August 24, 1511Renaissance
1512EuropeCulture
Sistine Ceiling Unveiled
October 31, 1512Renaissance
1513North AmericaExploration
Balboa Sights the Pacific
September 25, 1513Renaissance
1514Middle EastWar
Selim Crushes the Safavids at Chaldiran
August 23, 1514Renaissance
1517EuropeReligion
Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
October 31, 1517Renaissance
1519EuropeExploration
Magellan Sails from Seville
August 10, 1519Renaissance
1519North AmericaWar
Cortes Enters Tenochtitlan
November 8, 1519Renaissance
1520Middle EastPolitics
Suleiman the Magnificent Ascends
September 30, 1520Renaissance
1526South AsiaWar
Babur Wins the First Battle of Panipat
April 21, 1526Renaissance
1531North AmericaReligion
Virgin of Guadalupe Appears
December 9, 1531Renaissance
1532South AmericaWar
Pizarro Ambushes Atahualpa
November 16, 1532Renaissance
1533South AmericaWar
Atahualpa Executed at Cajamarca
July 26, 1533Renaissance
1534EuropeReligion
Act of Supremacy
March 30, 1534Renaissance
1543EuropeScience
Copernicus Publishes De Revolutionibus
1543Renaissance
1545South AmericaExploration
Potosi Silver Discovered
April 21, 1545Renaissance
1545North AmericaDisaster
Plague of Cocoliztli in New Spain
1545Renaissance
1556East AsiaDisaster
Shaanxi Earthquake
January 23, 1556Renaissance
1556South AsiaPolitics
Akbar Takes the Mughal Throne
February 14, 1556Renaissance
1566EuropePolitics
Suleiman Dies at Szigetvar
September 7, 1566Renaissance
1571Southeast AsiaPolitics
Manila Founded
May 19, 1571Renaissance
1591AfricaWar
Tondibi and the Fall of Songhai
March 13, 1591Renaissance
1600East AsiaWar
Battle of Sekigahara
September 15, 1600Renaissance
1603East AsiaPolitics
Tokugawa Ieyasu Named Shogun
March 24, 1603Renaissance
1605EuropeCulture
Don Quixote Published
January 1605Renaissance
1607North AmericaPolitics
Jamestown Founded
May 14, 1607Renaissance
1609EuropeScience
Kepler Publishes Astronomia Nova
1609Renaissance
1609EuropeScience
Galileo Builds His Telescope
1609Renaissance
1632South AsiaCulture
Taj Mahal Begun
1632Renaissance
1644East AsiaPolitics
Ming Dynasty Falls
April 25, 1644Renaissance
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