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Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years War
Series of conflicts fought between the House of Plantagenet (rulers of the Kingdom of England) and the French House of Valois, over the succession of the French throne/ to rule the Kingdom of France. France eventually won. -
Period: 1346 to 1350
Black Death
The Black Death is one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It was transmitted by rats imported from ships from Asia to humans by the bites of infected fleas. -
Period: 1451 to May 20, 1506
Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian master navigator and admiral whose transatlantic voyages opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonisation of the Americas. -
Period: Oct 28, 1466 to Jul 12, 1536
Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch Christian who was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. As of his studies of the New Testament in Greek and his discoveries (along with Martin Luther's) of the Roman Catholic Church's flaws in teachings and practices, he helped encourage the growing urge for Reformation. -
Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 8, 1546
Martin Luther
Was a German Professor of theology, a composer, monk, priest, and crucial figure in the Reformation. Lived in Wittenburg & Eisleben, Germany.