Events in history By gavinfrye23 105 Paper was invented by China 601 Muhammad began the islamic religion 1400 Gold, God, and glory were the three main reasons for exploration 1401 Songhai Empire began in Africa 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1440 Gutenberg 1471 Catholic monarch Ferdinand started the spanish inquisition 1471 Spanish campaign led the defeat of the aztecs 1477 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel 1492 Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach asia 1495 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper 1498 Michelangelo's sculpture the Pieta 1517 martin luther nailed 95 theses to a chruch door 1519 Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated martin luther 1521 Hernando Cortes 1526 Mughal empire began in India 1529 King Henry VIII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife 1533 Elizabeth I 1534 Jacques Cartier explored the St. lawrence River to Montreal for France 1534 The jesuits were created during the counter reformation 1536 John Calvin 1536 John Calvin established the idea of predestination 1545 Protestants 1562 The act of supremacy divided the claims of France and spain 1588 The songhai empire was established in Africa 1588 Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV of France 1618 Ferdinand II got France involved in Thirty Years’ War 1619 slaves
