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Jan 1, 1348
Black Plague
The black plague is a mass spread of disease, brought overseas by rodents. This disease killed about 60% of Europe's population. It caused your fingers to become black and rot, the bumps started out small then expanded. -
Jan 1, 1350
The Beggining of the Renaissance
The renaissance era was a huge jump in most forms of art and ways that people thought. A new thing called humanism came about, that is where people focused on improving their lives on earth so they would have a better afterlife. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Discovers a New World
Christopher Columbus was a European explored who led several voyages to what is now the Americas. Shortly after they set up colonies. He also proved that the Earth was not flat, but round. -
Jan 1, 1503
The Painting of the Mona Lisa
da Vinci left it unfinished for four years, then continued working when he moved to Frace during the Italian Renaissance. He was believed to finished shortly before he died in 1519. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michael Angelo paints the Sistine Chapel
Michael painted it for Pope Julius II, and is one of the most renowned paintings in the world. The paintings cover the entire building, including the ceiling. -
Jan 1, 1517
The Posting of The 95 Thesis
The 95 Theses are the things that that Martin Luther that were wrong or need to be changed about the catholic church. -
Jan 1, 1524
Battle of The Peasents
A series of religious and economic revolts, which peasants, townsfolk, and nobles participated in. -
Jan 1, 1530
The Begging of De Soto's expedition
Led an expedition deep into modern day USA. He was also the first to discover the Mississippi River. -
Jan 1, 1534
Martin Luther's First Translation of The Bible
Martin Luther printed the Bible in English, with both testaments. This is a very good thing because there was very many people that could read the Latin Bible. -
Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a plan to assassinate King James I. It was plotted by a group of catholics, that got 24 barrels of gunpowder in the kings cellar. Guy Fawkes, explosives expert, was caught at the last moment by patrolling guards. -
Shakespeare and Cervantes die
William Shakespeare is known as the best enlgish write ever, Miguel de Cervantes is considered the best Spanish. Cervantes' most popular peice is Don Quixote. Hamlet is Shakespears. -
Invention of the First Steam Engine
English engineer Thomas Savery created a steam engine to pump water from mines. He got his inspiration from the design of a pressure cooker. -
Invention of the Steam Boat
James Watt made the steam boat by using the steam engine. The idea of using steam power to propel boats occurred to inventors close after the Watt's new engine became known. -
Begging of the Potato Famine
The potato crops in Ireland got infected and potatoes wouldn't grow. -
Invention of the Sewing Machine
Before this was invented, familes sewed all their clothes by hand. When Elias Howe made this invention in 1846 it made sewing much more convinient and easy. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was an attack plan against the US stationed in Hawaii. An estimated 350 Japenese jets shot down US troops, submarines, and buildings. -
D Day
Allied troops landed on a stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” -
Enola Gay Drops the Bomb
"enola Gay" was the name of the superfortress bomber that dropped "little boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. Later nicknamed Enola Gay Tibbets after Paul Tibbets, the pilot.
