Name some important events that mark the end of the European Medieval era?

Question

Please. =)

Answer 1

The fall of Byzantium to the Ottoman Turks, May 1453

Christopher Columbus reached the Americas, October 1492

Martin Luther's "95 Theses", October 1517


Depending on who you talk to, one of these three events is usually taken as the close of the Middle Ages.


(With due respect, the invention of printing press, although important, was not an "event". Likewise, the Black Death had a profound impact on Europe, but the first wave was firmly in the Middle Ages, and sucessive waves continued erractically right up until the 18th century. Furthermore, I would argue that the Battle of Castillon, where cannons were first introduced, in 1453, rather than entire Hundred Years War, would be a better choice for an "event". )

Answer 2

Middle Ages?
100 years war

Answer 3

The Black Plague
Martin Luther protesting the Catholic Church
both helped start the Renaissance, which came after the Middle Ages, but im not sure of the dates for either

Answer 4

the fall of Constantinople and the invention of printing using movable type (both at virtually the same time)