• gutenberg invents the printing press
    1450

    gutenberg invents the printing press

    Printing press- a machine used to produce mass pieces of text. Gutenberg created the printing press for desire of product and for mass production of text.
  • fall of constantinople to the ottoman empire (sultan Mehmed II)
    1453

    fall of constantinople to the ottoman empire (sultan Mehmed II)

    Byzantinian empire falls due to the overwhelming forces of the ottoman empire led by Sultan Mehmed II. As well as the Ottoman effective military artillery.
  • Period: 1485 to

    Region of the Tudor dynasty

    The family that held the throne of england and was a big powerhouse dynasty during the 1400s- the 1600s.
  • Columbus voyage to the Americas, Alhambra decree
    1492

    Columbus voyage to the Americas, Alhambra decree

    Columbus voyage to the Americas was a voyage sponsered by the spanish monarchs. The Alhambre decree- was something the catholic monarchs of Spain did to make Jews convert to Catholicism or leave Spain.
  • Michelangelo completes the painting of Sistine Chapel
    1512

    Michelangelo completes the painting of Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo painting was a humanist painting that also related to the bible and focused on the human body by using perspective and paintings.
  • Martin Luther posts his 95 theses
    1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 theses

    Martin Luther posts his 95 theses challenging catholic doctrine of the sale of indulgences that Martin Luther did not believe in. protestant reformation- a huge change in churches and politics throughout the 15th and 16th centuries.
  • Luthers attendance at the Diet of Worms
    1521

    Luthers attendance at the Diet of Worms

    Diet of worms- a formal council held by the holy roman empire to address the protestant Reformation
  • Machiavellis The prince is published
    1532

    Machiavellis The prince is published

    A ruler must change his ideas to match and meet the place is rulings needs rather than rule a place by there own beliefs like religion.
  • Art of supremacy under Henry vIII
    1534

    Art of supremacy under Henry vIII

    Something that represented Henry has the supreme head of the church. Anglican church that was created after the protestant reformation
  • Copernicus ( polish astronomer) publishes on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
    1543

    Copernicus ( polish astronomer) publishes on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres

    universe, challenging the long-held belief that the Earth was the center of the universe, and suggesting instead that the Sun was the center around the Earth and other planets
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent (catholic reformation)

    A turning point in the catholic reformation
  • peace of Augsburg
    1555

    peace of Augsburg

    A treaty that ended religious conflicts between catholics and lutherans.
  • St. Bartholomews massacre
    1572

    St. Bartholomews massacre

    A mass killing due to failed assasonation attempts
  • Period: to

    War of the three henrys

    A destructive phase in the French war of religion fought between three men named henry.
  • Defeat of the spanish Armada

    Defeat of the spanish Armada

    The english navy defeated the spanish armada through a combination of tactics and ship design was a huge turning point for england.
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    granted substantial rights and religious tolerance to the Huguenots French Calvinist Protestants in a predominantly Catholic nation.