Great Renaissance Master 

15th-16th centuries

Inventor of the printing press

Mid 15th century

First great painter of the Renaissance

Early 15th century

Great Renaissance master

Late 15th to mid-16th centuries

Allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism

1555

Italian; author of Book of the Courtier

1528

English; author of The Canterbury Tales.

Late 14th century.

Italian; author of The Prince.

Early 16th century.

Great master of the Renaissance. 

Late 15th - 16th century.

Christian Humanist.

15th to 16th century.

Founder of Lutheranism.

October 31, 1517: Posted the 95 Thesis against the Catholic Church.

German artist.

15th to 16th centuries.

Portuguese explorer.

15th to 16th century.

Italian explorer.

15th to 16th century.

America is named after him, although that should be pretty f***ing obvious.

Srsly gaiz.

Srsly.

AKA the Spice Islands.

Originally controlled by Dutch; eventually taken over by the Portuguese.

Established line of demarcation b/w Portugal and Spain.

1497

Spanish priest, opposer of Native American slavery in New Spain. 

15th to 16th century.

King of Siam (Thailand);

Modernizer of Thailand.

Mid 19th century.

Battle in which Ottoman Turks defeated the Safavid Empire.

1514.

Founder of Ottoman Empire.

13th-14th century.

Greatest ruler of the Safavid Dynasty.

16th-17th century.

Moghul emperor; expanded the empire greatly.

17th to 18th century.

Decisive battle in India determining British East India Tea Company's dominance.

1757

Third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Early 15th century.

Chinese admiral. Explored for China; potentially discovered the Americas.

15th century.

Second Qing Emperor.

17th-18th century.

Greatest Qing Emperor; longest rule in Chinese history.

A Chinese novel written during late Ming Dynasty (17th century).

Described the fall of a great household of China.

Laid the foundation for the Mughal dynasty of India; a Muslim conqueror.

15th-16th century.

A unifier of Japan. Regarded as Japan's second "great unifier;," following Tokugawa Ieyasu.

16th century. 

First unifier of Japan; embarked on a series of military campaigns to bring Japan together.

16th century.

Chief Minister to the French King.

Held absolute power when King Louis XIII was only 14 when he ascended to the throne.

16th century.

1648

Ended the 30 Years War.

Allowed all German states to choose their own religion from Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism.

It also set France as the major European power.

Frederick II:

"The Great."

King of Prussia.

Technically considered an Enlightened Absolutist.

Lover of warfare.

18th century.

Treaty of Paris,

1763.

Ended Seven Years' War.

Established English dominance in the East Indies and the Americas.

Studied the workings of the human body.

16th century.

French philosopher.

Wrote Emile, a treatise on education.

Argued that sovereignty should rest with the people.

18th century.