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Invention of Paper
Paper was invented by the Chinese -
Oct 16, 610
Islamic religion
Qur'an began the Islamic Religion -
Jul 6, 1415
Jan (John) Huss
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic -
Oct 17, 1450
Middle Pasage
Slaves were shipped among the Middle Passage -
Oct 17, 1450
Printing Press
Guttenburg invented the Printing Press -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia. -
Oct 10, 1495
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci began painting the Last Supper on the wall of the refectory (dining hall) of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. -
Oct 10, 1498
Michelangelo
Sculpted the Pieta -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Nailed 95 Theses to a church door. -
Aug 10, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
First captain to circumnavigate his crew around the world. -
Aug 15, 1534
Jesuits
The Jesuits were created during the Catholic Reformation -
Oct 17, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France -
Oct 10, 1536
Henry VIII
Broke from church in Rome and divorced his wife. -
Oct 16, 1540
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish armada -
Oct 16, 1545
John Calvin
Followers of John Calvin met at the Council of Trent -
Oct 17, 1550
Hernando Cortez
Hernando Cortez overthrew the Aztec empire -
Oct 17, 1561
John Calvin
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination -
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I became the head of the Anglican Church -
Henry IV
Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes -
Thirty Years War
Ferdinand got France involved in the Thirty Years War
