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476
THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Odoacer, king of the Heruli, overthrows the last emperor of Rome, Romulus Augustulus, on September 4, 476. This event marks the end of the Roman Empire: the western empire disappears while the eastern Byzantine empire survives until the fall of Constantinople. in 1453. -
500
THE RISE OF THE FEUDALISIM
The rise of feudalism has a really big impact in society at the moment. It doesn't say the exact year so I'm putting it at the beginning. -
620
THE ISLAM
Classical Islam or medieval Islam is the period in the history of Islam that begins in pre-Islamic Arabia and ends in the 15th century, when, on the one hand, the end of the Kingdom of Granada (the last Muslim kingdom of al-Andalus, 1492), and on the other hand the expansion of the Ottoman Empire begins (taking of Constantinople,... -
1286
CREATION OF GLASSES
Franciscano Alessandro Della Spina was a pastor who created glasses for personal uses and for his friends and familie. -
1450
THE INVENTION OF THE IMPRENTA
The invention of the imprenta made so much easier the work of getting the same book, the same letter... -
1453
TAKING OF CONSTANTINOPLE
The taking of Constantinople took place the 5th of April in 1453. -
1486
THE MECHANICAL WATCH
In the 15th century, single-hand clocks were invented to mark the hours, and in 1505 the German blacksmith Peter Henlein managed to build mechanical clocks so small that they could be carried in a pocket. -
1492
END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
The Middle Ages ended in 1492 because of the discover of América by Colón.