| 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. | ||
| 1504 | Heinrich Bullinger 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. | ||
| 1520 | Heinrich Bullinger receives BA from University of Cologne. | ||
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 1522 | Heinrich Bullinger receives MA from University of Cologne. | ||
| 1523 | Heinrich Bullinger becomes head teacher at Cistercian monastery at Kappel. | ||
| 1523 | Heinrich Bullinger meets Ulrich Zwingli. | ||
| 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 |
| 1525 | Heinrich Bullinger abolishes the mass at Cistercian monastery. | ||
| 1525 | January | Heinrich Bullinger attends Zurich disputation with Anabaptists. | |
| 1526 | Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal. | ||
| 1526 | Heinrich Bullinger celebrates reformed eucharist at Cistercian monastery. | ||
| 1526 | August 29 | Battle of Mohács. | Battle of Mohács |
| 1528 | Heinrich Bullinger accompanies Ulrich Zwingli to the disputation at Bern | ||
| 1529 | The Turks attack Vienna. | ||
| 1529 | August | Heinrich Bullinger marries Anna Adlischwyler. | |
| 1529 | June | Bremgarten becomes a reformed town. | |
| 1529 | May | Heinrich Bullinger replaces his father as pastor at Bremgarten. | |
| 1531 | Heinrich Bullinger arrives in Zurich. | ||
| 1531 | December 13 | Replaces Zwingli as pastor in Zurich. | |
| 1531 | October | Heinrich Bullinger flees Bremgarten due to the defeat of Zurich troops at Kappel. | |
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 1536 | Heinrich Bullinger authors First Helvetic Confession. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 1564 | Heinrich Bullinger's wife Anna and three children die of the plague. | ||
| 1566 | Heinrich Bullinger authors Second Helvetic Confession. | ||
| 1575 | Heinrich Bullinger dies. |