Transition to the Modern World

By JoSpelk
  • 1296

    brunelleschi dome

    brunelleschi dome
    the year that brunelleschi dome was started.
  • 1347

    Black Plague

    Black Plague
    The Black Plague killed 1/3 of Europe.
  • 1436

    brunelleschi dome

    brunelleschi dome
    the year brunelleschi dome was completed.
  • 1440

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    The year that Johannes Gutenberg created the printing press making the act of copying text easy, eventually helped spread the ideas of Martin Luther.
  • 1492

    Discovery of the New World

    Discovery of the New World
    Columbus' discovery of the New World helped pave the way for other explorers like John Cabot, Ponce de Leon, Ferdinand Magellan, and Vasco de Balboa
  • 1508

    Copernicus theory

    Copernicus theory
    The year Copernicus made a his own celestial model of the solar system that demonstrated the theory that the earth revolved around the sun.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Luther's 95 Theses

    Luther's 95 Theses
    The year that Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to a church going against the Church, starting the splits in religion.
  • 1519

    Calvinism founded

    Calvinism founded
    The year that calvinism was founded and was one of the branch religions to stand up to the Church

  • Galileo's Telescope

    Galileo's Telescope
    The year that Galileo invented the astronamy telescope to prove his theory that the earth goes around the sun.

  • Shakespeare Death

    Shakespeare Death
    The day that Shakespeare died.