The Transition to Modern World

  • 1346

    The Black Death hits Europe

    The Black Death hits Europe
    The Black Death was one of the worst diseases to hit Europe as it killed about 75 200 thousand people. The disease is caused by this bacteria called the Yersenia pestis and this was transferred by flees into humans.
  • 1439

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    The printing press was considered the new evolution to technology or what would be a important part. Back then when they had to write books word by word and don't mess up it was difficult till the printing press was invented in china and it helps with printing book pages. The printing press was invented by a man named Johannes Gutenberg.
  • 1486

    The Age of Exploration

    The Age of Exploration
    This is when Chistopher Columbus and his men traveled and discovered the land that we live on today. Before this all happened Christopher Columbus was rejected by many people for him to go on his voyage till after the spanish war.
  • 1495

    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper
    The Last supper is one of many famous Renaissance paintings that was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. He painted this in the monastry in Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan which still is there today.
  • 1498

    La Pieta

    La Pieta
    La Pieta is one of Michelangelo's famous sculptures that's involved with religion as it is might be one of the most important part. La pieta is a 7 ft piece that is made of all marble.
  • 1517

    Luther's 95 theses

    Luther's 95 theses
    Martin Luther was the man in who went up against the Roman Catholic Church and their beliefs. So, Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses which is a book about 95 things wrong about the church.
  • 1564

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Da Vinci was a man with many talents or as they called him a Renaissance man. He was also one of the most famous painters that people still reconize today with his pieces. He was born in 1564
  • Galileo's Telescope

    Galileo's Telescope
    Galileo was a man who thought differently the rest at that time which means that he went against Aristotle and the church beliefs about the earth. He thought the earth was rotating around the sun but the others thought the earth was in the center. His evidence was he used his telescope and saw that Jupiter has moons rotating around it so not everything revolves around the earth.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    This man was a big part in the Scientific Revelation in which he invented the laws on motion and gravitational movement. Newton also was a great mathematical person as well.