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1469 CE - 1536 CE: Life of the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
1469 CE: The Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus is born in Rotterdam.
1487 CE: Desiderius Erasmus joins the monastery of the Augustinian monastic order in Steyn.
1492 CE: Desiderius Erasmus is ordained as a priest.
1495 CE: Desiderius Erasmus studies theology at the University of Paris.
1499 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus travels to England.
1500 CE: Desiderius Erasmus produces his Adagiorum Collectanea, an annotated collection of Greek and Latin adages. It is revised in 1508 and 1515 CE.
1504 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his Enchiridion Militis Christiani (Handbook of the Christian Soldier).
1506 CE - 1509 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus spends time in Italy.
1509 CE - 1514 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus stays in England for a second time.
1511 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his Moriae Encomium (Praise of Folly) which pokes fun at elements of Catholicism.
1512 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his On Copia which teaches students how to argue, revise texts, and produce new ones.
1516 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his Latin and Greek translation of the New Testament (Novum instrumentum).
1516 CE - 1517 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his Institutio principis Christiani (Education of a Christian Prince) and Querela pacis (Complaint of Peace).
1518 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus joins the faculty of theology at the university in Leuven.
1521 CE - 1529 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus lives in Basel, Switzerland.
1524 CE: The Dutch Reniassance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his Paraphrases of the Four Gospels.
1524 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his De Libero Animo, an argument on free will directed against Martin Luther.
1528 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his Ciceronianus, an attack on those scholars too preoccupied with Cicero.
1536 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus dies in Basel, Switzerland.