Western Project

426

Period: 426 to Dec 31, 1616

Arabic Alphabet of twenty-eight letters invented.

512

This even has signifigance because this was one of the first alphabets that ever exsited and we still use an alphabet today

Pope Gregory decreed “God Bless You” as the religiously correct response to a sneeze

Feb 11, 600

This event has signifigance because even though they used "God Bless You" to say after a sneeze over 1000 years ago we still use it today in everyday life

Great Schism

Feb 5, 1054

July 6, 1054 was rapidly approaching, and the Christian world was about to experience a major event on the road to a rupture that continues to our day the schism or split between the Western and Eastern Christian churches.

William the Conqueror invades England

Feb 5, 1066

William argued that Edward had previously promised the throne to him, and that Harold had sworn to support William's claim. William built a large fleet and invaded England in September 1066, decisively defeating and killing Harold at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066.

First Crusade

Feb 5, 1096

The First Crusade (1096–1099) started as a widespread pilgrimage France and Germany and ended as a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests of the Levant ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099.

Rise of European Universities

Jan 1, 1140

European research universities date from the founding of the University of Bologna in 1088 or the University of Paris 1160–70,In the 19th and 20th centuries, European universities concentrated upon science and research, their structures and philosophies having shaped the contemporary university.

End of the Rise of European Universities

Feb 5, 1270

End of it

Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence

Feb 5, 1330

Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in florence after Cosimo de Medici'' His grandfather had died

Hundred Years’ War between France and England

Feb 5, 1337

The Hundred Years' war was a wawr that lasted from 1337 to 1453 between France and England

Black Death at its height

Jan 1, 1347

The Bubonic Plague or ( Black Death ). Was a disease that started in 1347 and lasted up until 1350. This disease killed over 50 million people

Printing press invented by J. Gutenberg

Jan 1, 1450

Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing, in around 1439. Among his many contributions to printing are: the invention of a process for mass-producing movable type; the use of oil-based ink; and the use of a wooden printing press similar to the agricultural screw presses of the period.

End of the Hundred Years' War

Feb 5, 1453

Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

Feb 9, 1453

The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Eastern RomanEmpire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on Tuesday, 29 May 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by 21-year-old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, who defeated an army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. The conquest of Constantinople followed a seven-week siege that had beg

Picos "Oration"

Feb 11, 1486

The Oration on the Dignity of Man is a famous public discourse pronounced in 1486 by Pico della Mirandola, an Italian scholar and philosopher of the Renaissance.

Columbus set sail on his voyage

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus who went for india and got lost had helped in the discovery of the america.

Mona lisa finshed

Apr 14, 1506

Leonarod da vinci had finished his painting of the mona lisa which back then was good but today is treasured in the Lourve Museum of art for her world renouned kinda maybe secret smile.

Machiavelli’s The Prince is published

Feb 10, 1513

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli.