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Modern age

By socialsciences_s
  • Jan 1, 1440

    Printing press

    Printing press
    Thanks to this invention, bokks were cheaper and more of them were sold. Many important books, such as Lutero's ones wouldn't have been distributed.
  • May 29, 1453

    Conquest of Constantinopla

    Conquest of Constantinopla
    Constantinopla was conquered by the Turks.
    If this hadn't happened, the search of a new route to America wouldn't have been necessary, as the Turks took the control of the trade through the Mediterranean between Europe and Asia.
  • Period: May 29, 1453 to

    Renaissence

    This period lasted the 15th and the 16th centuries.
  • Oct 19, 1469

    Marriage of the Catholic Monarchs

    Marriage of the Catholic Monarchs
    They were the kings of Castille and they financed Columbus' expedition.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    America's discovery

    America's discovery
    Christopher Columbus, seaching a new route to Asia, discovered what he thought it was Asia but in fact it was America.
    Without this discovery, this new continent wouldn't have been found yet, as well as all the commerce that this caused wouldn't have appeared.
  • Jun 7, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Treaty of Tordesillas
    In this treaty, Spain and Portugal divided the new territories to be explored.
    Without it, people wouldn't speak Spanish and Portugese in America.
  • Jan 1, 1515

    Concesion of the indulgences

    Concesion of the indulgences
    If that wouldn't have happened, Lutero wouldn't have started his Reformation.
  • Period: Sep 20, 1519 to Sep 6, 1522

    First run-the-world trip

    The captain of this trip was Ferdinand Magellan, and then, Elcano (his second-in-commander) when he was killed by the natives.
    With this trip, it was proved that the Earth was round and the Strait of Magellan was found.
  • Jan 1, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Council of Trent
    It was organised to reach the peace between Catholics and Protestants, but it only gave more importance to the power of the Catholic Church, so it just separate them more tan before.

  • Kepler: elliptical orbits

    Kepler: elliptical orbits
    He developed the elliptical orbits and their laws.
  • Period: to

    Baroque

    This period lasted the 17th century.

  • Newton: law of universal gravity

    Newton: law of universal gravity
    Thanks to it, he could explain the movement of tha planets in the universo.

  • French revolution

    French revolution
    This marks the end of the Modern Age