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Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
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The very best time to be alive in the renaissance
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Christopher Colombus discovers the americas for Europe.
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When Absolute Monarchy was the most common form of government in Europe..
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Leonardo Da Vinci completes what will be written down in history as the most beautiful picture in the world
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Martin Luther posts his 95 observations on the church door
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While he was hidden away in Wartburg castle, he translated the bible from latin to german
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German peasants revolt against the government
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Martin Luther translates the latin bible to german, and in doing so, helping cause the Protestant reformation.
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Hernando Desoto reaches the new world and begins to explore the southeastern U.S.
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When heliocentric theory began to be accepted as valid.
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The Catholic church convenes to discuss ways to repair the damage done by the protestant reformation
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The Protestants and Catholics have a religous war.
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When Louis XIV,XV,and XVI ruled
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James Watt takes former concepts about steam power and utilizes them in the first steam engine, paving the way for the industrial revolution.
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When the French people overthrew th French government
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Thomas Saint invents the first sewing machine
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Robert Fulton Proposes ideas of a steam powered aquatic vessel to the English and American governments.
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A huge period of starvation and death in Ireland caused by a potato disease that attacked crops.
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The Japanese Army attacks Pearl Harbor and sends the U.S. into WWII
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Ally forces invade Omnaha beach in Normandy, France
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The Enola Gay drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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Nelson Mandela is elected to be the first president of South Africa