-
Jan 1, 1436
Invention of the Printinng Press (Gutenberg)
Gutenberg's printing press was the first with removeable letters. This event helped the prosses of printing books become faster. Gutenberg's printing press was standarnd until the 20th century. -
Jan 1, 1500
The peak of the Renaissnace Era
During this time more artistic freemdom was shown. New ideas for music and art were found. Many new instruments were invented. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Age of th Monarchs
Monarchs are kings or queens or any form of hiarchy. Monarchs were in control of the coutry. The church also had some control over the goverment -
Jan 1, 1503
The Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci panted the Mona Lisa with oil pants. It is a half length portait showing a woman sitting. It was made in italy.
It is also know as La Gioconda or La Joconde. -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 Theses
In wittenberg Germany Martain Luther a chathloic monk posted his 95 Theses. The theses stated his complatents about the Chatholic Church. One of the complanants said that it was wrong to give out indulgences. -
Period: Jan 1, 1521 to Jan 1, 1522
Luther's translation of the bible
Martain Luther translated the bible into german form Latin. He Was a monk who disagreed with the church. He then posted 95 things that he didn't like about the church. -
May 24, 1543
The introduction of the heliocentric theory
The helicentric theory is the theory of how far the planets are from each other. It was thought of several times before. The idea has been thought of as early as 300AD -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
This council was created to resopnd to the prodsents leaving th Chatholic Church. The council was ruled by the Pope. The council told the prodsents that by leaving the church the were braking the seven sacraments. -
Invention of the first telesocpe
The first telescope was invented by Hans Lippershey. He was from germany. The telescope had two lens but was not used to obsevre the skys until 1609 -
Period: to
30 years war
This war was between the Chatholics and the protanstants. It was a very bloody battle. It was in Germany -
Period: to
The Reign of Louis XIV,XV,XVI
King Louis XIV was know as the sun King.
King Louis XV was know as the beloved King.
King Louis XVI was know as the last King. -
Period: to
Age of reason
This is a period where people started looking toward science instead of God. The people started to break away from the church. This is were many ideas where thought of. -
Newton's laws of Gravity
The law of gravity states that all mass is atracted to all other mass. The law basicly says that anyting that has mass will stay on earth. It was first discorved when an apple hit newton on the head. -
Invention of the first steam engine
The steam engine was invented by Thomas Savery. His idea was based off of a pressure cooker. The engine pushed the water up through vales to make the steam. -
Period: to
French Revolution
In three years the goverment collapsed. King Louis the 16th was killed along with his wife. Others countries were also posing a threat to the goverment at this time. -
The invention of the cotton gin
The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney. Whitney graduated from yale the year before. The machine was used to separte cotton from the fiber. -
The first electric battery
It was invented by Willam Cruickshank who was from the uk. The battery helps us today with all the hand held items that we have. Even better is the recharable battery so we don't waste metal and most hand helds we have now have a built in battery that is rechargeable. -
The first steel plow
It was invented by john Deere. The plow was used to break up though soil. What made the plow much better was that it didn't break as easily. -
Bombing of pearl harbor
The japanese bomb pearl harbor Hawii in the early morning of dec. 7 1941. This attack is what caused the USA to go into world war to. America won the war and stoped the nazi. -
d-day
The allies attaked the nazi. The nazi were set up on the coast of france. The allies won and it would later help them win the war. The allies lost 90000 men but the enemy lost over 1000000 men. -
Enola Gay Drops the Bomb
Enola gay was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. It was used in the final stages of world war 2 to end the war. The bomb they dropped was called little boy and it's shell is at the dayton ohio airforce base muesum. -
Nelson Mandela becomes president
Nelson Mancela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. He joined the ANC in 1944. He went to college at University College of Fort Hare.
