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Period: Jan 1, 1440 to
Invention of the Printing Press - Death of Elizabeth I
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Jan 1, 1450
Johann Gutenberg
Johann Gutenberg set up the first European printing presses in Mainz, Germany, around 1450. -
Jan 1, 1453
The Fall of Constantinople
Constantinople fell to the Ottoman empire, the Turks took over. -
Jul 30, 1453
End of the Hundred years war
The Hundred years war ended in July 1453. It was a war that lasted 16 years between England and France.It started when King Philip VI of France attempted to take over the English territories in the duchy of Aquitaine. -
Aug 9, 1471
Sixtus IV
Sixtus IV became Pope and discraced the church by practicing Nepotism -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Colombus discoverd the "new world" -
Jan 1, 1492
Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI
Alexander VI is known for being a rotton shady Pope, scheming for his family's benefit. -
Jan 1, 1509
Desiderius Erasmus
He wrote the famous book "The Praise of Folly" -
Jan 1, 1510
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci designed the water wheel in 1510. He was in to hydrodynamics. -
Jan 1, 1517
The Reformation Movement Begins
Martin Luther started the Reformation Movement by posting his 95 Theses on the door of the church, this ignited the movement. -
Simon Stevin
Stevin was the first to use decimals instead of factions.He used them on a large scale in the book he published called
"De Thiende". This was pulished in 1585 in Dutch.