us history

  • humanism
    1400

    humanism

    Renaissance cultural movement that changed life away from medieval times and brought people's attention to ancient Greek and Roman lifestyle and ways.
  • Period: 1400 to

    1400-1700

  • printing press
    1436

    printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and the first book he printed was the bible. Before his printing press printing was a long difficult and expensive process that many could not afford
  • printing revolution (for common man)
    1440

    printing revolution (for common man)

    By this time people began to take advantage of the invention. Many people had a new access to books that they did not have before which later will aid in the scientific revolution.
  • flying machine
    1488

    flying machine

    Leonardo da Vinci came up with the idea for the flying machine, which was the first of its kind. He was also known for his artwork such as the mona lisa. (the perfect renasonce man)
  • 95 thesis
    Oct 31, 1517

    95 thesis

    Martin luther posted the 95 thesis on the door of his church. This was the start to the reformation and an event which he would later testify at the trial of the worms.
  • diet of the worms
    1521

    diet of the worms

    The trial of the century as some say. Martin Luther appeared to testify about his 95 thesis
  • church of england
    1534

    church of england

    Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation. He was the Arch Bishop Canterbury during the rein of King Henry VIII. He was also known as one of the founders of the church of england even though the church was founded by king henry VIII.
  • De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
    1543

    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

    the publication of Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is often called the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.
  • council of trent
    1545

    council of trent

    council of the Roman Catholic Church that convened from 1545 to 1563. In response to the Protestant Reformation, key statements and clarifications regarding church doctrine, teaching, and practice were prepared.
  • bloody mary
    1558

    bloody mary

    Queen mary gained the name bloody mary after around 280 Protestants were burned at the stake for refusing to convert to Catholicism
  • new star
    1572

    new star

    Tycho's Nova, also called B Cassiopeiae or SN 1572, one of the few recorded supernovas in the Milky Way Galaxy.
  • edict of nantes

    edict of nantes

    When Henry of Navarre ascended the throne and officially granted tolerance to Protestantism.
  • astronomia nova

    astronomia nova

    Kepler Publishes "Astronomia Nova"
    This publishing contains his first and second laws.
    1) The path of the planets about the sun is elliptical in shape, with the center of the sun being located at one focus.
    2) An imaginary line drawn from the center of the sun to the center of the planet will sweep out equal areas in equal intervals of time.
  • Galileo Galilei's discoveries

    Galileo Galilei's discoveries

    Some discoveries, such as Sunspots and the Moons of Jupiter.
  • Galileo publishes Two New Sciences. (Laws of motion)

    Galileo publishes Two New Sciences. (Laws of motion)

    Two New Sciences, in which he summarised the work he had done earlier, on the two sciences now called kinematics and strength of materials.
  • laws of motion

    laws of motion

    Isaac Newton was an English astronomer and mathematician during the scientific revolution. He developed the math system called calculus and came up with Laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation. He also made discoveries to do with colors