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Table I: 1390-1599
| c. 1390 | Geoffrey Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales" |
| 1415 | King Henry V of England defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt, allowing the English to gain control of much of France |
| 1429 | Joan of Arc was "called" by saints' voices to help the Dauphin become King of France |
| 1455 | Gutenberg Bible published |
| 1481 | Beginnings of the Spanish Inquisition |
| 1492 | Columbus discovers Watling Island, Cuba, and Haiti |
| 1503-1506 | Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa |
| 1507 | Martin Luther ordained |
| 1510 | Leonardo da Vinci designs horizontal water wheel |
| 1512 | Copernicus declares that the Earth revolves around the Sun; Michelangelo finishes work on Sistine Chapel |
| 1513 | Ponce de Leon discovers Florida |
| 1519 | Hernando Cortes is received by the Aztec ruler Montezuma; Ferdinand Magellan begins his circumnavigation of the globe |
| 1520 | Suleiman I becomes Sultan of Turkey |
| 1533 | King Henry VIII marries Ann Boleyn and is excommunicated by the Pope |
| 1535 | Sir Thomas More is tried for treason and executed for not declaring support for the King's actions |
| 1542 | Mary, Queen of Scots, ascends the throne |
| 1545 | Council of Trent meets to discuss the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation |
| 1547 | Nostradamus makes the first of his predictions |
| 1553 | Mary I becomes Queen of England after the Lady Jane Grey is deposed |
| 1558 | Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England |
| 1561 | The Edict of Orleans suspends persecution of Huguenots |
| 1562 | Plague in Paris |
| 1563 | General outbreak of plague in Europe |
| 1565 | Knights of St. John defend Malta from the Turks |
| 1573 | Peace of Constantinople ends the war between Turks and Venice |
| 1580 | Francis Drake returns to England from voyage of circumnavigation |
| 1582 | Jesuit mission founded in China |
| 1584 | Sir Walter Raleigh discovers Virginia |
| 1587 | Mary, Queen of Scots, executed for treason against Queen Elizabeth I |
| 1592 | Plague in London |
| 1593 | Henry IV becomes a Roman Catholic |
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