Modarn History Timeline

  • 1347

    Black Death enters Europe

    A bacteria that killed millions of people in Europe. It’s important because it affected the development of Europe.
  • 1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

    Invention of the Printing Press
    The printing allowed for paper and pamphlets to be made quickly. This is important because it allows ideas to be shared extremely easily and quick which at the time of the invention was extremely revolutionary.
  • 1503

    Mona Lisa by Leonardo Di Vinci is created

    Mona Lisa by Leonardo Di Vinci is created
    This piece of art was created by Leonardo Di Vinci and is of a woman. This painting is important because it truly affected the amount of detail that was put into art and also changed the standards of the time.
  • 1511

    School of Athens By Raphael is painted

    School of Athens By Raphael is painted
    This piece of art was painted by Raphael and is a picture of men standing together talking and doing various tasks. It’s important because it influenced the style of painting then and still does now.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Luther created his 95 Theses

    Luther created his 95 Theses
    They were a list of things wrong with the catholic church. It was important because it influence many outburst of new ideas and thought about the church being wrong.
  • Period: 1519 to 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan was a portuguese explorer who made many important discoveries in the East Indies. He was important because he brought attention to many places in the world that were not very known before.
  • 1534

    The Anglican church was founded

    The Anglican church was founded
    The Anglican church was founded by King Henry the 8th and he created it because he did not like that the catholic church did not allow divorce. This is important because it affected what religions were allowed to be believed at the time.
  • Shakespeare creates the globe theater

    Shakespeare creates the globe theater
    Shakespeare a very important play righter there and what is considered one of the fathers of the English language now, created his first theater to show his plays in. This is important because Shakespeare and his plays are and have been very influential.
  • Galileo's created the Telescope

    Galileo's created the Telescope
    It was an invention that allowed users to see thing closer. This influenced the science world because it allowed them to study space in much more detail than they could before.
  • Newton forms the 3 laws of motion

    Newton forms the 3 laws of motion
    Isaac Newton created the 3 law of motion through discovering and testing things that puzzled him. This eventually lead to him creating the 3 laws of motion. This is important because it changed how the scientists of the time and today think and also what they know.