I. Before the Great Schism. 1490 MACCHIAVELLI (1469-1527) 1492 Columbus (1436-1506) 1494 Louis Sforza (—-1510) 1496 Savonarola (1452–1498) 1498 Vasco de Gama (1469–1525) 1500 ERASMUS (1467–1536) 1502 Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) 1504 Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1517) 1506 Michael Angelo (1474–1564) 1508 Albuquerque (1453-1515) 1510 ARIOSTO (1474–1533) 1512 Gaston de Foix (1489-1512) 1514 Wolsey (1471-1580) 1516 Dürer (1471-1528) 1518 Cortez (1485–1554) The Empire Frederick III s. England France Spain Henry VIII Francis I Charles I I. During the Struggle between the Creeds in Germany and England. 1532 Sir Thomas More (1480–1535) 1534 Act of Supremacy 1536 Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) 1538 Cranmer (1489-1556) 1540 RABELAIS (1495–1553) 1542 Solway Moss, b. 1544 Loyola (1491-1556) 1546 Smalcaldian War 1548 Maurice of Saxony (1521-1553) 1550 CAMOENS (1524–1579) 1552 Peace of Passau 1554 Jane Grey (1537-1554) 1556 Abdication of Charles V (1500-1558) 1558 Reconquest of Calais 1560 MONTAIGNE (1533–1592) FROUDE: History of England. ROBERTSON: History of Charles V. II. During the Struggle between the Creeds in France and Holland. 1562 Massacre of Vassy 1564 Death of Calvin (1509–1564) 1566 The Iconoclasts 1568 Alba (1508-1582) 1570 CERVANTES (1547-1616) 1572 St. Bartholomew 1574 Siege of Leyden Pacification of Ghent 1578 Drake (1545–1596) 1580 TASSO (1544-1595) 1582 Gregorian Style 1584 William the Silent (1533-1584) 1586 Mary Stuart (1542-1587) 1588 Spanish Armada 1590 SPENSER (1552–1599) 1592 Death of Parma (1546-1592) 1594 The Bourbons in France (1589-1830) 1596 Sir Robert Cecil (1550-1612) 1598 Edict of Nantes PRESCOTT: Philip II. MOTLEY: Rise of the Dutch Republic. MOTLEY: History of the United Netherlands. 23 III. During the Catholic Reaction. 1600 SHAKSPEARE (1564–1616) 1604 The Stuarts in England (1603–1714) 1606 Sully (1559–1641) 1608 Evangelical Union 1610 LOPEZ DE VEGA (1562–1635) 1612 The Romanows in Russia (1612-1730) 1614 New Amsterdam 1616 Galilei (1564-1642) IV. During the Thirty Years War. 1618 Beginning of the Thirty Years War 1626 Rubens (1577–1640) 1628 Petition of Right 1630 CALDERON (1601–1687) 1632 Gustavus Adolphus (1594–1632) 1634 Wallenstein (1583-1634) 1636 Oxenstiern (1583–1654) 1638 National Covenant 1640 CORNEILLE (1606–1684) 1642 Civil War in England 1644 China conquered by the Mantcheou 1646 Flight of King Charles 1648 Peace of Westphalia V. During the English Commonwealth. 1650 MARQUIS OF WORCESTER (— −1667) 1652 First Anglo-Dutch War 1654 Mazarin (1602–1661) 1656 Condé (1621–1686) 1658 Death of Cromwell (1509-1658) 1600 MOLIÈRE (1622–1673) MARTIN: Age of Louis XIV. MACAULAY: History of England. MAC FARLANE: A Life of Marlborough. VOLTAIRE: History of Charles XII. I. During the first (the glorious) part of the Reign of Louis XIV. 1660 MOLIÈRE (1622-1675) 1662 Colbert (1619-1683) 1684 The Great Elector (Frederick William, 1620-1688) 1686 The League of Augsburg II. During the English Succession Troubles. 1688 English Revolution 1690 LOCKE (1632-1704) 1692 La Hogue, b. 1694 Dutch William (William III., 1650-1702) 1696 Peter the Great (1672-1725) 1698 Prince Eugène (1663-1736) 1700 NEWTON (1642–1727) III. During the Spanish Succession Troubles. 1702 Spanish Succession War 1704 Gibraltar taken by the English 1706 Marlborough (1650-1722) 1708 Charles XII. (1682–1718) 1710 ADDISON AND STEELE (1672–1719)—(1671-1729) 26 CHADWICK: Life and Times of Defoe. SOUTHEY: Rise and Progress of Methodism. MAHON History of England, Ch. I.-XX. MARTIN: Decline of the Monarchy, First Vol. CARLYLE: Frederick the Great. MAHON: History of England, Ch. XX.-XLVI. STAHR: The Life and Works of Lessing. 1714 IV. During Walpole's Ascendency. The Guelphs in England 1716 Alberoni (1664-1752) 1718 John Law (1671–1729) 1720 DEFOE (1631-1731) 1722 The Regent of Orleans, (1674-1723) 1724 Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745) 1726 Fleury (1653–1743) 1728 Ripperda (1680-1737) 1730 POPE and SWIFT (1688-1744)-1667–1745) 1732 Georgia settled 1784 The Polish election 1736 Wesley (1703–1791) 1738 Lorraine acquired by France V. During the Heroic Career of Frederick the Great. 1740 VOLTAIRE and ROUSSEAU (1694–1778)—(1712–1778) 1756 Beginning of the Seven Years War 1758 Pombal (1699-1782) 1760 LESSING (1729–1781) 1762 Frederick the Great (1712-1786) 1764 Clive (1725–1774) 1766 Lord Chatham (1708-1778) 8. Jos. II g.8. George III Charles III c. Mustapha III niece by ma'ge Catharina II 1768 Cook (1728-1779) |