| A | B |
|---|
| 1517 | Year Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation by nailing stuff to doors. |
| 1519 | 1519-1522 - Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe |
| 1527 | HRE Charles V sacks Rome, ending Ren. in Italy |
| 1545-1563 | Council of Trent (counter-Reformation)_ |
| 1572 | St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre |
| 1453 | Hundred Years War Ends / Constantinople sacked by Turks |
| 1521 | Diet of Worms |
| 1524-25 | German Peasant's Revolt |
| 1555 | Peace of Augsburg |
| 1598 | Edict of Nantes |
| 1515 | The Prince is published |
| 1492 (3 things) | Columbus sails, reconquista, inquisition |
| 1618-1648 | Thirty Years War |
| 1618 | Defenestration of Prague - starts 30 years war |
| 1494 | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| 1588 | Spanish Armada Sinks |
