Transition to the Modern World By anburke 1347 Black Death hits Europe 1418 Printing Press 1492 Columbus Set Sail 1498 The Last Supper 1503 Mona Lisa 1504 David by Michelangelo 1517 Luther's 95 Theses Period: 1560 to 1700 Counter Reformation Period 1610 Galileo's Telescope 1616 Shakespeare's Death