The Modern Age By viruta5253 Period: 1436 to 1436 Invention of the Gutenberg's printing press Period: May 29, 1453 to Jun 6, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Period: 1492 to 1492 Discovery of America Period: Oct 31, 1517 to Oct 31, 1517 Beginning of the Reformation Period: 1545 to 1700 Beginning of the counter-reformation/Council of Trento Period: 1789 to 1799 The French Revolution