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The majority of the council's members believed Huss to be a dangerous heretic only fit for death, and was sentenced to be burned at the stake.
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Henry's school resulted in a breakthrough for Portuguese navigation.
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Gutenberg's printing press is often considered as the most important invention in modern times.
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The Ottoman Empire emerged the political and economic power house of the region.
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His voyages led to the first lasting European contact with the Americas.
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The painting represents a scene of The Last Supper with Jesus and his disciples.
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Millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the African Slave Trade.
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De Gama sailed from Lisbon on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East.
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Queen Elizabeth authorized the first Anglican colonizing efforts.
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Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly in a week while sojourning with Sir Thomas More at More's estate in Bucklersbury.
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The 95 Thesis were nailed to the door of the Church of Wittenburg condemning the sale of indulgences and other church practices.
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Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire, claimed Mexico for Spain, helped colonize Cuba, and became a governor of New Spain.
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Magellan led the first European voyage of discovery to cirmcumnavigate the world.(sail all the way around the world)
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Pizarro's cavalry charged. The Inca warriors charged and the sight of men running in fear frightened Atahuallpa's main force, and they also ran.
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Henry VIII broke with Rome because he wasn't allowed to divorce his wife because she had failed to produce a male heir to the throne.
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Although he couldn't travel up the river all the way to Asia, Cartier had discovered an important waterway into the vast areas of Canada.
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The creation of the Jesuits marked the beginning of the Catholic Reformation.
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Copernicus created the theory that the Sun is near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun.
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The Council of Trent defined Church beliefs even still today.
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Predestination is the Divine foreknowledge of all that will happen; with regard to the salvation of some and not others.
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The Spanish Armada was a fleet of 130 Spanish ships that sailed from A Coruña under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the intention of escorting an army to invade England.
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All of Galileo's findings supported Copernicus' heliocentric theory.
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The Thirty Years War was a series of wars fought by various nations for several reasons; religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries.
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Kepler developed three laws which described the motion of the planets across the sky.
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Louis XIV expanded it into one of the largest palaces in the world.
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In order to prove his theory, Harvey carefully studied the motion of the heart and blood in live animals, and carried out dissections on the bodies of executed criminals.
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Charles was forced to appear before a court filled with his enemies, where he was convicted of treason and sentenced to death.
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The Edict of Nantes granted the Huguenots the right to practice their own religion without persecution from the state.
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After James II was kicked off the throne, William and Mary were asked to rule England.
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Two Treaties on Government is a work of political philosophy.
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Peter The Great set Russia on a trajectory that would one day meet the strength of all other European nations.
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Montesquieu offered a wide–ranging comparative analysis of governmental institutions in his book.
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Rousseau theorized about the best way to create a political community in the midst of the problems of commercial society.
