1450
Invention of printing press (Gutenberg) => Renaissance
1492
Age of Discovery, Columbus lands in Americas, Inquisition
1517
Luther's 95 Theses => Protestant Reformation, Schmalkadic Wars
1555
Peace of Augsburg - German princes choose either Catholic or Lutheran
1588
Spanish Armada - Spain attacked England, England won under Phillip II
1603
Death of Elizabeth I
1618-48
30 Years' War - Catholics vs. Protestants, France won, included all but Britain
1648
Treaty of Westphalia - Ended 30 and 80 Years' Wars, Catholics Lutherans and now Calvinists all equal
1633
Scientific Revolution - Galileo and heliocentric, Kepler and eliptical orbts, Bacon and scientific method
1688-89