Time Period Index (Early Modern)

The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) refers to the widespread religious, cultural, and social upheaval of 16th-century...

Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration...

The British Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) brought innovative mechanisation and deep social change. The process...

The arrival in Europe of the printing press with moveable metal type in the 1450s CE was an event which...

The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period of major societal and political upheaval in France. It witnessed the collapse...

Martin Luther's speech at the Diet of Worms (also known as the Here I Stand Speech) is considered one of the greatest...