World History Timeline By jmternes Jan 1, 1300 Renaissance Begins Jan 1, 1348 Black Plague Jan 1, 1450 Printing Press Invented Dec 5, 1492 Columbus arrives in New World Jan 1, 1500 The Peak of Renaissance Jan 1, 1507 Mona Lisa Oct 1, 1512 Michelagelo Paints the Sisine Chapel Jan 1, 1517 The Posting of the 95 Theses Jan 1, 1524 The Battle of the Peasants Jan 1, 1530 Beginning of De Soto's Expedition Jan 1, 1568 First Translation of the Bible Jan 1, 1605 Gunpowder Plot Aug 25, 1609 Galileo Invents the Telescope Jan 1, 1611 King James First Bible Published Apr 23, 1616 Shakespeare and Cervantes Die Jan 1, 1648 Age of Monarchs Begins Jan 1, 1763 Age of Revolutions Begins Jan 1, 1774 Louis the XVI Reign Begins Jan 1, 1775 Steam Engine Apr 18, 1775 American Recolution Begins Jul 4, 1776 American Revolution Ends Jan 1, 1789 Age of Monarchs Ends Jan 1, 1789 French Revolution Begins Jan 1, 1791 Louis the XVI Reign Ends Jan 1, 1791 The Rights of Man Published Jan 1, 1799 French Revolution Ends Jan 1, 1807 Steam Boat Jan 1, 1845 Beginning of Potato Famine in Ireland Jan 1, 1846 Sewing Machine Jan 1, 1848 Age of Revolutions Ends Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 5, 1945 Enola Gay drops the bomb
