Age of Discovery By Rokhaya 610 BCE Muhammad began the Islamic religion. 100 BCE Paper was invented by the Chinese. 1400 Gold, glory, god were the tree main reasons for exploration 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic. 1440 Gutenberg invented the printing press. 1468 The Songhai Empire was established in Africa. 1492 Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia. 1494 The Line of Demarcation divided the claims of Portugal and Spain. 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Last Supper. 1498 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta. 1500 Slaves was shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade. 1512 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of Sistine chapel. 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door. 1519 Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. 1519 Cortes The Navigator and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire. 1521 Cortes led the defeat of the Aztecs. 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India. 1534 Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife. 1534 Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France. 1537 Counter Reformation were created during the Italian Renaissance. 1541 John Calvin established the idea of predestination. 1545 Followers of Catholic Faith met at the Council of Trent. 1560 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination. 1569 Elizabeth I became the head of the Anglican Church. 1588 Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada. 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes. 1618 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War. 1683 The Ottoman Empire began in Africa.
