WHUM Semester 1

By samfoley14
  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1527

    Middle Ages

  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1000

    Early Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel halts a Muslim advance into France

  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1300

    High Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

  • Jan 1, 1095

    First Crusade

  • Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270

    Rise of European Universities

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1527

    Late Middle Ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years' War between France and England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1350

    Black Death at its height

  • Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527

    Renaissance in Italy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1378 to Jan 1, 1417

    Great Schism

  • Jan 1, 1436

    BRUNELLESCHI BUILDS THE DOME OF FLORENCE

    This Dome was a significant piece of architecture in Italy. Brunelleschi built it for the Medici's.
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press invented by J. Gutenburg

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks

  • Jan 1, 1469

    Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence

  • Jan 1, 1486

    Pico publishes "Oration"

  • Jan 1, 1504

    MICHELANGELO CREATES "THE DAVID"

    "The David" is a huge statue. It is an important piece of artwork for the time and expresses humanism.
  • Jan 1, 1507

    DA VINCI FINISHES THE "MONA LISA"

    This painting represesnts Renaissance artwork. The "Mona Lisa" is a very famous painting today because of the mysterious expression on her face that is extremely difficult to figure out.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    MARTIN LUTHER'S 95 THESES

    Martin Luther bravely spoke out against the Catholic church. He created options for people as to what they want to believe in by nailing 95 Theses to the church door.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1525 to

    Reformation

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Machiavelli's "The Prince" is published