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Jan 1, 1450
Invention of the printing press
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Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546
Luther translates the bible
This was an incredible event that stole power from the church and also taught people the words of the bible. -
Jan 1, 1505
The painting of the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisas' finishing date was never really known so the only date people know is the year. -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 theses
It was the first step to getting the bible translated, allowing everyone to read the words of the bible. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent played an important part in determining the outcome of the Counter-Reformation. Along with the part played by the Jesuits and certain individuals, the Council of Trent was a central feature of the Counter-Reformation. But whether Trent represented a positive move by the Catholic Church remains contentious. -
The peak of the renaissance era
Historians say that the peak of the renaissance was at the end of the 1500s. The real date is not known, but it was a beautiful time. -
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Age of the Monarchs
A long time period when Monarchs first started to grow and become leaders -
Invention of the first telescope
It was invented by an italian scientist named Galileo -
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30 years war
This was a war fueled by the fueds of the catholic priests and the protesants. -
Founding of Newtons laws of motion
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727), mathematician and physicist, one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. -
invention of the first steam engine
Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who in 1698, patented the first crude steam engine, based on Denis Papin's Digester or pressure cooker of 1679. -
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The reign of Louis XIV, XV, XVI
In his reign he became famous for when he said "The state.....I am the state" -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was not only a crucial event considered in the context of Western history, but was also, perhaps the single most crucial influence on British intellectual, philosophical, and political life in the nineteenth century. -
Invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney failed to profit from his invention because imitations of his machine appeared and his 1794 patent for the cotton gin could not be upheld in court until 1807. -
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Age of Reason
The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a deistic pamphlet, written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, that criticizes institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the Bible, the central sacred text of Christianity. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in the United States, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. -
The first electric battery
One of the most remarkable .... In 1802, William
Cruickshank designed the first electric battery for mass production -
The first steel plow by John Deere
In 1837, on his own, John Deere designed the first cast steel plow that greatly assisted the Great Plains farmers. The large plows made for cutting the tough prairie ground were called "grasshopper plows." -
The introduction of the Heliocentric Theory
Heliocentrism, or heliocentricism, is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a stationary Sun at the center of the solar system. -
Bombing of pearl Harbor
The tragic attacks of December 7, 1941 shook the island of Oahu, and the United States, forever. The lives lost and that tragic day are things that we want to live on forever. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” -
Enola Gay drops da bomb
On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of civilians. -
Nelson Mandella
He was South Africa's first African American president
