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1450
Gutenberg invents the printing press
this let anybodie to duplicated what they wrote and make books faster. -
1453
Conquest of Constantinople by ottoman turks
When the ottoman turks conquered constantinople all the commerce from Asia was canceled. -
1492
Discovery of America
The conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman turks obligated europeans to search new routes to Asia.
In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America with the suppport of the Catholic Kings who gave him three caravels to navigate across the atlantic ocean.
This is the starting of the modern age. -
1494
Threaty of Tordesillas
In this threaty Portugal and Spain divided the territories discovered in to hemispheres to avoid conflicts. the division was a line drawn on a meridian which gave america to Spain (except Brazil) and the rest for portugal. -
Period: 1516 to 1556
The reign of Charles I of Spain and V of Germany
During this period the Spanish empire reached its apogee
and was the biggest of that time. -
1517
The protestant reform by Luther
This reform was started by Luther, a monk from Wittenberg who was annoying with the Catholic church, who was selling indulgences and there was lack of vocation. -
1519
First travel around the world
It was done by Magallanes and Elcano, they showed the world than it was rounded. -
1545
Catholic counter reform
The Trento concilium was organised to reconciliate cathoolic and protestants Crhistians. To make that they founded seminars, confirmed the doctrine, they also created new ways to expand the catholic doctrine and they reinforced the inquisition -
Period: 1556 to
Reign of Philip the II of Spain
During this period the Spanish empire became the most powerful of the world, it was composed by Spain, Netherlands, Italy (a big part of it), territories in central Europe, America, north of Africa and Far east. -
Period: to
Reigns of Philip the III, Philip the IV, and Charles the II.
This was a decadence period for the Spanish empire, which was declared in bankcruptcy many times. In this period Spain lost the Netherlands, and the little territory of France and Portugal.
Charles II was sterile and died in 1700 withouth offspring. This caused than Bourbons reached the crown of Spain with Philip of Anjou. -
French revolution & end of the Modern age
This was a civil revolution of the french against thir monarchie, creating the first modern democracy of Europe.
This is marked as the end of the modern era.
