Transition to the Modern World Timeline

The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

1346

Killed of ⅓-⅔ of the population in Europe and changed the way people did things, they started farming differently, and people started unfollowing the church since they didn’t have the answer.
Social Classes changed, people could move up ranks now, and serfs would be pay more.

Arnold Feeney Wedding Potrait

1434

Jan van Eyck created the painting of two people, one man and one woman, the woman is pregnant and wearing a green flowing dress the man is wearing a long navy blue shirt and a hat. This is one of Jan van Eyck’s best pieces of work.

The Printing Press

1436

Changed how hard it was to make books.
Knowledge was spread everywhere, books were cheaper and more easy to make.
Hundreds of books could be made instead of just one book at a time.

Juan Ponce de Leon

1460

Born into Spanish nobility, Ponce de Leon and Christopher traveled to the “New world” together and a decade later he served as a governor of the eastern province of Hispaniola. Ponce de Leon led an expedition to a coast of modern day Florida in 1521, but was fatally wounded in an Indian attack soon after arrival.

Copernicus Part #1

1472

Copernicus developed his own celestial model of the planetary system. His theory was met with controversy but viewed as revolutionary as well. His heliocentric solar system laws were
1.) Planets don't revolve around one fixed point; 2.) The Earth is not at the center of the universe;

Copernicus Part #2

1473

3.) The sun is at the center of the universe, and all celestial bodies rotate around it; 4.) The distance between the Earth and Sun is only a tiny fraction of stars' distance from the Earth and Sun; 5.) Stars do not move, and if they appear to it is only because the Earth itself is moving; 6.) Earth moves in a sphere around the Sun, causing the Sun's perceived yearly movement; and 7.) Earth's own movement causes other planets to appear in the opposite direction.

The Adoration Of The Magi - Sandro Botticelli

1475

Sandro Botticelli painted the adoration of the magi, one of his best pieces showing baby jesus being born and everyone around having a party for him, although it did receive hate for where the birth was taken places.

Martin Luther's 95 theses

1517

He stapled his 95 theses and the church called him to repent and said he was a heretic if he didn’t.
He inspired many and helped them interpret the bible there own way.
Thought the church was wrong and doing the wrong thing and that the church was corrupt.

William Shakespeare, Writing of MacBeth

1606

Written in 1606, Macbeth was his shortest and bloodiest written work, which tells the story of a Scottish general (MacBeth) who received a prophecy from some witches, that he would be king of Scotland, he was consumed with his ambitious thoughts and put into action by his wife, he kills the king and seizes the throne for himself. He feels guilty and fearful and commits more and more murders to kill suspicion and him and his wife fall into madness and arrogance.

Galileo's telescope

1609

When he created (fixed) the telescope he knew his theory was true, he looked in the telescope and knew he had the proof that his theory was correct. He saw the different planets

Isaac Newton

1727

Isaac Newton was a physicist and mathematician, he designed and constructed the reflecting telescope, he was a professor in Cambridge, Isaac Newton used his telescope to prove his theory of light and color. The Royal Society had asked him for a demonstration of his telescope in 1671 and they encouraged him to publish his notes on light, optics and colors in 1672.