Flashcards: Dates to Remember for Renaissance
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on June 3, 2010
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Here are twelve dates to remember from the time period of the Renaissance. There is also a matching game that you can print at e-learninglinks.com
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 1337-1453 | Hundred Years' War |
| 1439 | Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press. |
| 1453 | Constantinople is conquered by the Ottoman Turks. |
| 1455-1487 | Wars of the Roses in England |
| 1492 | Columbus arrives in the New World. |
| 1517 | Martin Luther nails his 95 thesis to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. |
| 1521 | Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. |
| 1522 | Ferdinand Magellan's crew circumnavigates the globe. |
| 1534 | Henry VIII becomes Head of the Church of England. |
| 1558 | Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England and Ireland. |
| 1584 | Sir Walter Raleigh founds Roanoke Colony. |
| 1620 | Mayflower Pilgrims arrive at Cape Cod and establish a colony at Plymouth. |