Beginning of the Modern Era By jlin0101 Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1600 Renaissance and Reformation Sep 10, 1300 The Renaissance begins in Italian city-states Sep 10, 1368 Hongwu founds Ming Dynasty in China Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1800 Age of Exploration and Isolation Sep 10, 1405 Chinese Explorer Zheng He Begins exploration of Africa and Asia Sep 10, 1419 Prince Henry founds navigation school Sep 10, 1434 Medici Family takes control of Florence Sep 10, 1453 Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople Sep 10, 1455 Gutenberg Bible printed in Mainz Sep 10, 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas Sep 10, 1494 Spain and Portugal sign Treaty of Tordesillas Sep 10, 1511 First enslave Africans arrive in the Americas Sep 10, 1517 Reformation begins in Wittenberg Sep 10, 1534 King Henry VIII starts the Church of England Sep 10, 1619 Dutch open trade with Java Sep 10, 1776 American Colonies declare indepence form Britian Sep 10, 1793 Britain seeks to trade with China
