Events By Joshua Leggett 105 Paper Was Invented By The Chinese 570 Mohammad Began The Islamic Religion 1299 The Ottoman Empire Began In Africa 1415 Jan Huss Was Burned At The Stake For Being A Heretic 1430 The Songhai Empire Was Established In Africa 1440 Gutenberg Invented The Printing Press 1492 Columbus Was Sponsored By Queen Isabella To Sail Westward To Reach Asia 1493 The Line Of Demarcation Divided The Claims Of Portugal & Spain 1499 Michelangelo Sculpted The Pieta 1508 Michaelangelo Painted The Ceiling Of The Sistine Chapel 1517 Martin Luther Nailed 95 Theses To A Church Door 1519 Magellan's Crew Was The First To Circumnavigate The Globe 1521 Cortes & His Forces Overthrew The Aztec Empire 1521 Cortes Lead The Defeat Of The Aztecs 1526 The Mughal Empire Began In Northern India 1533 Elizabeth I Or Henry VIII Became The Head Of The Angelican Church 1534 Henry VIII Broke From The Church If Rome & Divorced His Wife 1534 Cartier Explored The St. Lawrence River To Montreal For France 1534 The Jesuits Were Created During The Catholic Reformation 1545 Followers Of The Catholic Faith Met At The Council Of Trent 1564 John Calvin Developed The Idea Of Predestination 1587 Elizabeth I Defeated The Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV Issued The Edict Of Nantes 1619 Slaves Were Shipped Along The Middle Passage Of Triangular Trade 1648 Richuelieu Got France Involved In The Thirty Years' War 1750 God, Gold, & Glory Were The 3 Main Reasons For Exploration 1945 Leonardo Da Vinci Painted The Last Supper
