| 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. | ||
| 1491 | Henry VIII is born. | ||
| 1492 | Columbus sets sail for the Americas. | ||
| 1493 | Maximilian I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1500 | Charles V is born. | ||
| 1504 | Pope Julius II allows Henry VIII to marry Catharine of Aragon. | ||
| 1509 | Erasmus writes In Praise of Folly. | ||
| 1509 | Henry VIII marries Catharine of Aragon. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 1521 | Pope Leo X calls King Henry VIII Defender of the Faith for his publication of an anti-Luther tract. | ||
| 1521 | Henry VIII publishes *Assertio Septem Sacramentorum* in defense of the seven sacraments. | ||
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 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 |
| 1526 | Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal. | ||
| 1526 | Henry VIII begins courting Anne Boleyn. | ||
| 1526 | August 29 | Battle of Mohács. | Battle of Mohács |
| 1527 | Henry VIII appeals to Pope Clement VII for annulment for marriage to Catharine of Aragon. | ||
| 1529 | The Turks attack Vienna. | ||
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 1533 | Henry VIII is excommunicated. | ||
| 1533 | The Buggery Act is adopted by Henry VIII. | The Buggery Act | |
| 1533 | May | Henry VIII secretly marries Anne Boleyn. | |
| 1536 | Henry VIII begins suppressing monasteries. | ||
| 1536 | Catharine of Aragon dies. | ||
| 1536 | Anne Boleyn executed. | ||
| 1536 | Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour. | ||
| 1536 | Pilgrimage of Grace begins. | Pilgrimage of Grace | |
| 1537 | Edward VI is born. | ||
| 1537 | Jane Seymour dies. | ||
| 1540 | Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves. | ||
| 1540 | Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled. | ||
| 1540 | Henry VIII marries Katherine Howard. | ||
| 1540 | July 28 | Henry VIII has Thomas Cromwell executed. | |
| 1542 | Katherine Howard executed for treason. | ||
| 1543 | Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr. | ||
| 1547 | Henry VIII dies. | ||
| 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. |