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Jan 1, 1400
The Peak of The Renaissance Era
This is when The Renaissance began. It happened after the black death and introduced a new way of thinking. -
Jan 1, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press
German Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. This saved people from having to write constantly. -
Jan 1, 1507
The Painting of the Mona Lisa(completion)
This is the date that Leonardo Da Vinci completed the Mona Lisa. -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 Theses
This was the day Martin Luther put his "95 Theses" on the front door of the Catholic church. -
Jan 1, 1534
Luther's Translation of the Bible
This is when Martin Luther translated the new and old testaments of the Bible to german. -
Dec 13, 1545
Council of Trent
The council issued condemnations on what it defined as Protestant heresies and defined Church teachings. -
Invention of the First Telescope
He used the design of a retracting telescope with a convex lens and a concave eyepiece to make his vision come to life. -
30 Years War
This was a war fought mainly in Germany and it consisted of most of Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. -
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The Reign of Louis XIV, XV, & XVI
This is the timespan in which three kings ruled. -
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Age of the Monarchs
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Age of Reason
The Age of Reason changed the way that man viewed himself and the universe. -
Newton's Laws of Gravity
Isaac Newton discovered three laws of motion that explain why gravity is the way it is. -
The Invention of the First Steam Enginge
Thomas Newcomen was an English blacksmith who invented the steam engine. -
The Introduction of the Heliocentric Theory
A mathematical model of a heliocentric system was presented, by the Renaissance mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic cleric Nicolaus Copernicus. This is an astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a stationary Sun at the center of the universe. -
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The French Revolution
This was a period of radical,social, and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on Europe. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented this machine. The cotton gin is a machine designed to remove cotton from its seeds. -
The First Electric Battery
By 1800 Volta had developed the so-called voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery, which produced a steady stream of electricity. -
The First Steel Plow by John Deere
In 1837, on his own, John Deere designed the first cast steel plow that greatly assisted the Great Plains farmers. The large plows made for cutting the tough prairie ground were called "grasshopper plows." The plow was made of wrought iron and had a steel share that could cut through sticky soil without clogging. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. -
D-Day
Despite unfavorable weather forecasts, General Eisenhower made the decision to attack on June 6, 1944. At 0200 that morning one British and two American airborne divisions were dropped behind the beaches in order to secure routes of egress from the beaches for the seaborne forces. -
Enola Gay Drops Da Bomb
On August 6, 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused extensive destruction.
