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1450
Invention of the printing press
Because the invention of the printing press made possible the multiplication of texts in the Middle Ages, when book publishing was very restricted, it revolutionized culture by expanding the number of potential readers by multiplying the number of books and reducing their cost, so literacy received a huge boost, never seen to date. -
1492
Discovery of America
We chose this date because it marks a before and after in history, because this date mark the final of the medium ages to give rise to the modern ages -
1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg. This signals the start of the Reformation.
Disconnected from Roman obedience, Martin Luther undertook the reform of the ecclesiastical sectors that followed him and that formed the first Protestant Church, which he endowed with a theological base. -
1517
Luther starts the protetism reform
We chose this date because this reformation led to modern democracy, civil rights, capitalism and many of the modern values we fight for today. -
1520
Hernan Cortés arrived to Mexico. The conquest begins
We chose this event because Hernán Cortés was very important for the history because he was the first person to arrive in America after Cristopher Columbus -
1543
Copérnico made his heliocentric theory
Because the heliocentric theory changes the mind of the people. In this theory explains that the earth is not the center of the universe and turn around the sun. -
1545
The Trent Council begins
We find this date important as it had such a big importance in Spain because it strengthened the Catholic church in order to deal with the protestism reform. -
Defeat of the great army
Because the attack failed, but the war lasted sixteen more years and ended with the Treaty of London of 1604, favorable to Spain. -
Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter.
Because this was the idea that everything in existence didn't, indeed, move around earth. This provided evidence for the Copernican understanding of the universe. -
The Thirty Years War begins
Because it resulted in religious freedom for several States and in its course notable warriors such as Gustavo Adolfo, Wallenstein and Touraine emerged.