BIG Events of World History II By jacobm09 Oct 29, 1384 John Huss was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic Church. Oct 29, 1418 Prince Henry founded the school navigation. Nov 4, 1450 Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press. Oct 29, 1453 Muslims conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul Oct 29, 1492 Christopher Columbus's first voyage was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia. Oct 26, 1498 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper. Nov 4, 1498 The thought of humanism were created during the Italian Renaissance. Nov 4, 1500 Vasco da Gama established trade with India for the Portuguese. Oct 29, 1509 Desiderius Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly. Oct 29, 1509 King Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church. Oct 29, 1517 Martin Luther wrote the 95 Thesis. Oct 29, 1519 Hernan Cortes the Navigator and his forces conquered the Aztec Empire. Oct 29, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan becames the first person to circumnavigate the world. Oct 29, 1529 Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in Rome and divorced his wife. Oct 29, 1532 Pizzaro conquered the Incas. Nov 4, 1534 Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River and Montreal leading the French Claim to Canada. Oct 29, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus created the heliocentric theory. Period: Oct 29, 1545 to Oct 29, 1563 Followers of the Catholic Church met at the Council of Trent. Nov 4, 1561 John Calvin beliefs established the idea of predistination. Oct 29, 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada. Oct 29, 1609 Galileo used his telescope to prove the heliocentric theory. Nov 4, 1619 Johannes Kepler discovers planetary motion. Nov 4, 1624 Louis XIII builds the Palace of Versailles Nov 4, 1628 William Harvey studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system. Nov 4, 1645 Oliver Cromwell wins the English Civil war and executes Charles I. Oct 29, 1648 The Thirty Years war is fought in Germany. Nov 4, 1684 John Locke wrote the Two Treaties on government. Oct 29, 1685 Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes Oct 29, 1688 William and Mary rule England after the Glorious Revolution. Oct 29, 1725 Peter The Great westernized Russia. Nov 4, 1748 Montestquieu writes the Spirits of Laws Nov 4, 1762 Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes the Social Contract.
