Literary Periods By kvgharbi Dec 24, 1440 Invention of Gutenburg Printing Press Period: Dec 24, 1492 to Dec 25, 1600 Colonisation of America Period: Dec 24, 1550 to Dec 25, 1660 The Renaissance Era Period: Dec 24, 1550 to Dec 25, 1700 The Scientific Revolution Period: Dec 24, 1600 to Dec 25, 1660 Metaphysical Era Period: Dec 24, 1642 to Dec 25, 1651 English Civil War Dec 24, 1660 The Restoration Period: Dec 24, 1685 to Dec 25, 1815 The Enlightenment Period: Dec 24, 1700 to Dec 25, 1740 Augustan Era Period: Dec 24, 1760 to Dec 25, 1840 Industrial REvolution Period: Dec 24, 1775 to Dec 25, 1793 American War of Independence Dec 24, 1788 Colonisation of Australia Dec 24, 1789 French Revolution Period: Dec 24, 1800 to Dec 25, 1850 Romantic Era Period: Dec 24, 1820 to Dec 25, 1920 Realism Period: Dec 24, 1837 to Dec 25, 1901 Victorian Era Dec 24, 1843 Invention of Rotary Printing Press Period: Dec 24, 1910 to Dec 25, 1965 Modernism Period: Dec 24, 1914 to Dec 25, 1919 WW1 Period: Dec 24, 1939 to Dec 25, 1945 WW2 Period: Dec 24, 1965 to Dec 25, 2016 Post-Modernism Dec 24, 1973 Electronic Digital Computer Invented