1231-1808: | | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: | | | | The Renaissance from before birth until age 91 |
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1478-1834: | |
1509-1547: | | | | Reign of King Henry VIII (Tudor) from before birth until age 27 |
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1522: | | | | Magellan circumnavigates the world at age 2 |
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1540: | | | | Jesuit Order Founded at age 20 |
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1547-1553: | | | | Reign of King Edward VI (Tudor) from age 27 to age 33 |
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1553-1558: | | | | Reign of Queen Mary I (Tudor) from age 33 to age 38 |
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1557: | | | | Portuguese settle Macao at age 37 |
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1558-1603: | | | | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from age 38 to age 83 |
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1562-1598: | | | | Wars of religion in France from age 42 to age 78 |
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1563: | |
1569: | | | | Union of Lublin - Treaty at age 49 |
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1580: | | | | Flint-lock firing mechanism at age 60 |
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1587: | | | | Sir Walter Raligh's lost colony at Roanoke at age 67 |
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1588: | | | | Spanish Armada defeated by the English at age 68 |
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1589: | | | | Harington invents the Flush Toilet at age 69 |
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1592-1593: | | | | Hideyoshi invades Korea from age 72 to age 73 |
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1603: | | | | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 83 |
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1603: | | | | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 83 |
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1603-1625: | | | | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 83 until after line end |
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1605: | |
1605: | | | | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 85 |
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1606: | | | | Virginia Company Chartered at age 86 |
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1606: | | | | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 86 |
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1607: | | | | Jamestown Colony Established at age 87 |
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1608: | |
1609: | | | | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 89 |
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1611: | | | | King James Bible is published at age 91 |
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1612: | | | | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 92 |
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1612: | | | | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 92 |
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1614: | | | | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 94 |
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1615: | | | | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 95 |
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1618-1648: | | | | 30 years war from age 98 until after line end |
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1619: | | | | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 99 |
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1620: | | | | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 100 |
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1620: | | | | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 100 |
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1620: | | | | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 100 |
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1620: | | | | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 100 |
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