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The invention of the Printing Press is a huge discovery made in 1440. German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press process that, with refinements and increased mechanization, remained the principal means of printing until the late 20th century.
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The was a time period where there was a rebirth of interest in learning and art. It reached its peak in the 1500's.
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The age of monarchs occoured in 1500-1795. Monarchs ruled the land for about 200 years until Louis the XVI was over thrown in 1792 in the French Revolution.
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Martin Luther wrote down 95 things he didnt like about he church and then he nailed those 95 things to the churches door.
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Mattin Luther
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The Heliocentric teory is when the sun is thecenterof the solar systerm. Nicolaus Copernicus ws the firstperson teh come up with this.Two other scientists Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei sopported it.
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The Council of Trent were a series of meetings where catholics met to talk mainly about the Counterreformation, or how to fix the church, and about salvation. There were about twent-five sessions.
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When people started using facts and theries to explain things. The most famous composers of the time were Mozart and Bach.
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In November 1605, the infamous Gunpowder Plot took place in which some Catholics, most famously Guy Fawkes, plotted to blow up James I, the first of the Stuart kings of England. The story is remembered each November 5th when ‘Guys’ are burned in a celebration known as "Bonfire Night".
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This was made by Galileo. The Catholilc Church thought of him as a heretic.
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The people didn't like how Charles I was treating them.
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Louis XIV nicknamed himself "the sun king". He lived a very
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The English people were upset with King Charles II so then the 2nd English war began.
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The Third English Civil War was the last of the English Civil Wars. It wsa fought in the british isles. iI the end the decisive Parliamentarian victory, establishment of the Commonwealth of England
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Force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun. This was discovered Issac Newton.
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They overthrough King James II, resulting with the throne being passed to his doughter Queen Mary
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Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and invented the first steam enging1698.
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Louis XV was givin the the name " The Beloved".
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Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825. Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.
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The French Revolution occured for 3 years. On the last year Louis XVI and the Royal Family were removed from Versailles to Paris.
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Alessandro Volta invented the first modern electric battery.
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In 1837, on his own, John Deere designed the first cast steel plow that greatly assisted the Great Plains farmers.
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Leonardo created the painting of Mona Lisa in 1503, working on it for approximately four years and keeping it himself for some years after.