AP European History Timeline Callahan

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  • Gutenberg invents the printing press
    1450

    Gutenberg invents the printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press which makes literature more available. The first book Gutenberg printed was the Gutenberg Bible.
  • Siege of Constantinople, End of the Byzantine Empire
    1453

    Siege of Constantinople, End of the Byzantine Empire

    Constantinople gets captured by the Ottoman turks which causes the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
  • Period: 1484 to

    Reign of the Tudor Dynasty

    Family in England that started centralization of royal power and the English Reformation in England.
  • 1492

    Alhambra Decree

  • Christopher Columbus's Voyage to the Americas
    1492

    Christopher Columbus's Voyage to the Americas

    In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail to the West to attempt find a quick route to Asia aka India but he ends up finding North America.