| A | B |
|---|
| 1519-1522 | Spanish under Cortes conquer Mexico |
| 1510-1650 | Biosocial exchange between Europe and the Americas includes the migration of peoples, fauna, flora, and disease |
| 1531-1536 | Spanish under Pizarro conquer Peru |
| 1560-1660 | Height of the European witch-hunt |
| 1562 | French Wars of Religion begin (aka French Civil War) |
| 1572 | St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre of French Protestants |
| 1588 | Defeat of Spanish Armada by England |
| 1598 | French Wars of Religion end with Edict of Nantes |
| 1618 | Thirty Years’ War begins |
| 1629 | English Puritans set up the Massachusetts Bay Company and begin to colonize New England |
| 1633 | Galileo Galilei is forced to recant his support of heliocentric theory |
| 1648 | Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War |
