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Sep 7, 1440
invention of printing press
The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, based on existing screw presses. -
Sep 7, 1497
John Cabot and NW passage
In the late 1490's John gained a commission from King Henry VII to make an expedition across the Northern Atlantic. He started in Bristol in 1497 and made landfall in late June. -
Sep 7, 1517
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. -
Sep 7, 1534
Jacques Cartier & St. Lawrence River
When French navigator Jacques Cartier left France by boat in April 1534, the king ordered him to find gold, spices (which were valuable at that time), and a water passage from France to Asia. -
Sep 7, 1534
establishment of Anglican Church
There is a public perception, especially in the United States, that Henry VIII created the Anglican church in anger over the Pope's refusal to grant his divorce. -
Sir Walter Raleigh and Lost Colony
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English adventurer and writer who established a colony near Roanoke Island, in present-day North Carolina. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to death for treason. -
Defeat of Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada (Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, literally "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in August 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. -
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain, "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. -
Henry Hudson and Dutch NY
English explorer Henry Hudson embarked on multiple sailing voyages that provided new information on North American water routes. -
Rene-Robert de la salle
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico.
