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Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 CE – 1543 CE · 70 years

The quiet canon who rewrote the cosmos — how a church administrator in a remote Baltic province overturned two thousand years of astronomy and launched the Scientific Revolution.

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Landmark

Kalyan Mosque

1514 CE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Conflict

Shaybanid Conquest of Transoxiana

1500 CE – 1510 CE

Figure · Spain / Atlantic / Caribbean

Christopher Columbus

1451 CE – 1506 CE

Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Tsardom of Muscovy

1530 CE – 1721 CE

Conflict

Russo–Kazan Wars

1445 CE – 1556 CE

Figure · Florence, Milan, France

Leonardo da Vinci

1452 CE – 1519 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1473 CE and 1543 CE.

1514 CE Kalyan Mosque 1474 CE Burgundian Wars 1481 CE Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif 1494 CE Italian Wars 1495 CE Tomb of the Askia 1500 CE Royal Hill of Ambohimanga

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Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Landmark · Africa 1500 CE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Wars of the Roses Conflict · Europe 1455 CE – 1487 CE Pachacamac Landmark · Americas 200 CE – 1533 CE Vice-Royalty of New Spain Polity · Americas 1530 CE – 1815 CE

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