| 1529. | Suleiman besieged Vienna. | |
| 1530. | Charles V crowned by the Pope. | |
| Henry VIII began his quarrel with the Papacy. | |
| 1539. | The Society of Jesus founded. | |
| 1546. | Martin Luther died. | |
| 1547. | Ivan IV (the Terrible) took the Title of Tsar of Russia. | |
| 1556. | Charles V abdicated. Akbar, Great Mogul (to 1605). Ignatius of Loyola died. | |
| 1558. | Death of Charles V. | |
| 1566. | Suleiman the Magnificent died. | |
| 1603. | James I King of England and Scotland. | |
| 1620. | Mayflower expedition founded New Plymouth. First negro slaves landed at Jamestown (Va.). | |
| 1625. | Charles I of England. | |
| 1626. | Sir Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) died. | |
| 1643. | Louis XIV began his reign of seventy-two year’s. | |
| 1644. | The Manchus ended the Ming dynasty. | |
| 1648. | Treaty of Westphalia. There-by Holland and Switzerland were recognized as free republics and Prussia became important. The treaty gave a complete victory neither to the Imperial Crown nor to the Princes. | |