World Timeline

  • Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
    Sep 1, 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press

    Is important because it was a great advance for writing in general,but more for writers,since they could make copies of books much faster and more quantity.
  • Fall of Constantinople
    May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    The fall of Constantinople in 1453 was a historical event that put an end to the last vestige of the Eastern Roman Empire.
  • Nicolas Copernicus
    Aug 23, 1453

    Nicolas Copernicus

    Copernicus makes his heliocentric hypothesis.
  • Lazarillo de Tormes
    Oct 2, 1453

    Lazarillo de Tormes

    Public the “Lazarillo de Tormes” -Is important because it was one of the first books of the modern novel.
  • Discovery of America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America

    Discovery of America in 1492, consisting of the arrival in America of a Spanish expedition led by Christopher Columbus by order of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel de Castilla and Fernando de Aragón.
  • Henry VIII becomes king of England
    Apr 21, 1509

    Henry VIII becomes king of England

    Henry VIII was King of England, he has come to be remembered historically for his six marriages and the beheading of two of his women, although there were reforms and very important events that we will explain later.
  • Hernan Cortes
    Apr 15, 1520

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico. begins the conquest of America.
  • Sta. Teresa de Jesús
    Feb 13, 1562

    Sta. Teresa de Jesús

    Santa Teresa- Is important because she wrote the book of the life
  • Miguel de Cervantes

    Miguel de Cervantes

    Cervantes publishes el quijote- A book that starts a new area and one of the most important books in Spain.
  • Galileo discovered the moons of Jupite

    Galileo discovered the moons of Jupite

    In 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered, using a homemade telescope, four moons orbiting around the planet Jupiter.