Northern Renaissance

By T-Jeezy
  • Period: Jan 1, 1440 to

    Invention of the Printing Press - Death of Elizabeth I

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johann Gutenberg

    Johann Gutenberg
    Johann Gutenberg set up the first European printing presses in Mainz, Germany, around 1450.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Fall of Constantinople

    The Fall of Constantinople
    Constantinople fell to the Ottoman empire, the Turks took over.
  • Jul 30, 1453

    End of the Hundred years war

    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
    Sixtus IV became Pope and discraced the church by practicing Nepotism
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    Colombus discoverd the "new world"
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI

    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

    Desiderius Erasmus
    He wrote the famous book "The Praise of Folly"
  • Jan 1, 1510

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Leonardo da Vinci designed the water wheel in 1510. He was in to hydrodynamics.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    The Reformation Movement Begins

    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

    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.