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Transition to the Modern World

By sohabecker
  • Fall of Rome
    476

    Fall of Rome

    476 is the year that is widely believed to be the fall of the Roman Empire.
  • Period: Dec 24, 610 to Dec 25, 1258

    Islamic Empire

  • Signing of the Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

    This was the date when the English King, in Runnymede, signed what is now believed to be the most important legal document of all time.
  • Period: Dec 24, 1231 to

    The Inquisition

  • Period: Dec 24, 1340 to

    Black Death

    A fatal disease that started in the late 1340's and is still alive today but is now a highly treatable disease.
  • Gutenberg invents the printing press
    Dec 24, 1440

    Gutenberg invents the printing press

    One of the most influential inventions of all time, the printing press changed Europe for the better.
  • Christopher Columbus sails the Ocean blue
    Dec 24, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sails the Ocean blue

    The year that the famous Christopher Columbus sails to the western hemisphere.
  • Martin Luther writes the 95 theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther writes the 95 theses

    On this date Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses which changed the modern church and created a whole new branch of Christianity.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus proposes the Heliocentric Model.
    Dec 24, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus proposes the Heliocentric Model.

    This is the year that Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the Heliocentric model, going against the church's ideas and is believed by some to be the spark of the scientific revolution.
  • Shakespeare Writes Romeo and Juliet
    Dec 24, 1565

    Shakespeare Writes Romeo and Juliet

    This is the year that Shakespeare wrote his most famous play, Romeo and Juliet, which is still in production on stage today.