Transition to the Modern World

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  • Jan 1, 1096

    1st Crusade Begins

    1st Crusade Begins
    The First Crusade was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Lands, called by Pope Urban II in 1095, and began in 1096
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta is Signed

    Magna Carta is Signed
    A document called the Magna Carta was signed by King John in a field in Runnymede because he was being a bad ruler.
  • Jan 1, 1346

    The Black Death

    The Black Death
    The Plague strikes Europe killing one third of the entire population.
  • Dec 24, 1440

    Johannes Gutenburg

    Johannes Gutenburg
    Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press and the Gutenburg Bible.
  • Mar 1, 1445

    Botticelli

    Botticelli
    Botticelli was was an artist during the Renaissance. Living in Florence, he studied under Filippo Lippi. One of his more famous works is The Birth of Venus.
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Leonardo Da Vinci was a very talented and famous artist during the Renaissance. Being an inventor, artist, and engineer, and painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, he was dubbed, "The Renaissance Man."
  • Feb 19, 1473

    Copernicus

    Copernicus
    Copernicus created and observed and reasoned the heliocentric theory, proving that the Sun was in the center and not the Earth.
  • Apr 16, 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael
    Raphael was an artist during the Renaissance. He has lived in Florence and Rome. He has painted School of Athens and other works of art, showing one of the greatest philosophers/thinkers.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    Martin Luther wrote 95 Theses about the church that he believed to be wrong., and hung them up on the church door.
  • Dec 24, 1521

    Diet of Worms

    Diet of Worms
    This was the meeting of all Catholic and religious leaders to reform the church, and was the place where Luther was kicked out of the church.
  • Dec 24, 1522

    Ferdinand

    Ferdinand
    An explorer named Ferdinand sailed around the world for three years.
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    Galileo Galilei was an astronomy that changed scientific knowledge. He discovered much of modern astronomy as well as other topics, using his home made telescope which could be used to see what others couldn't. Because he went on the opposite side of the church, he was excommunicated.