Timeline: Modern age

Jan 1, 1440

Printing press

Thanks to this invention, bokks were cheaper and more of them were sold. Many important books, such as Lutero's ones wouldn't have been distributed.

May 29, 1453

Conquest of Constantinopla

Constantinopla was conquered by the Turks.
If this hadn't happened, the search of a new route to America wouldn't have been necessary, as the Turks took the control of the trade through the Mediterranean between Europe and Asia.

Period: May 29, 1453 to Jan 18, 1648

Renaissence

This period lasted the 15th and the 16th centuries.

Oct 19, 1469

Marriage of the Catholic Monarchs

They were the kings of Castille and they financed Columbus' expedition.

Oct 12, 1492

America's discovery

Christopher Columbus, seaching a new route to Asia, discovered what he thought it was Asia but in fact it was America.
Without this discovery, this new continent wouldn't have been found yet, as well as all the commerce that this caused wouldn't have appeared.

Jun 7, 1494

Treaty of Tordesillas

In this treaty, Spain and Portugal divided the new territories to be explored.
Without it, people wouldn't speak Spanish and Portugese in America.

Jan 1, 1515

Concesion of the indulgences

If that wouldn't have happened, Lutero wouldn't have started his Reformation.

Period: Sep 20, 1519 to Sep 6, 1522

First run-the-world trip

The captain of this trip was Ferdinand Magellan, and then, Elcano (his second-in-commander) when he was killed by the natives.
With this trip, it was proved that the Earth was round and the Strait of Magellan was found.

Jan 1, 1545

Council of Trent

It was organised to reach the peace between Catholics and Protestants, but it only gave more importance to the power of the Catholic Church, so it just separate them more tan before.