<Ul> <Li> The early modern period began approximately in the early 16th century ; notable historical milestones included the European Renaissance , the Age of Discovery , and the Protestant Reformation . </Li> <Li> The late modern period began approximately in the mid-18th century ; notable historical milestones included the French Revolution , the American Revolution , the Industrial Revolution and the Great Divergence . It took all of human history up to 1804 for the world 's population to reach 1 billion ; the next billion came just over a century later , in 1927 . </Li> <Li> Contemporary history is the span of historic events from approximately 1945 that are immediately relevant to the present time . </Li> </Ul>
where does the modern view of history originate from
approximately in the early 16th century