Events In World History

  • 324 BCE

    Jesus began the Christian religion

  • 100 BCE

    Paper was invented by the Chinese

  • 1415

    Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic

  • 1440

    African slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade

  • 1440

    Johannes Gutenburg

  • 1492

    Christoper Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia

  • 1498

    Leonardo Da Venci painted the last supper

  • 1499

    Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta

  • 1519

    Hernan Cortés and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire

  • 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

    Started in 1519 ended in 1522
  • 1527

    Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door

  • 1534

    Henry Vlll broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife

  • 1534

    Jacques Cartier Explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France

  • 1536

    John Calvin developed the idea of predestination

  • 1540

    The Jesuits were created Ignatius of Loyola

  • 1545

    Protestants met at the Council of Trent

  • Henry Vl issued the Edict of Nantes

  • Ferdinand ll got France involved in the Thirty Years War