Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the church door By amaiya jemmott Oct 17, 610 Muhammad began the islamic religion Jul 6, 1415 Jan huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic Oct 17, 1415 Cai Lun invented paper. Oct 17, 1439 Guetenburg invented the printing press. Oct 17, 1440 slaves were shiped along the middle passage of triangular trade. Jun 28, 1491 henry viii became the head of the anglican church. Jan 1, 1495 Leonardo da vinci painted the last supper Oct 18, 1498 michelangelo sculpted the pieta. Oct 17, 1513 christopher columbus was sponsered by queen isabella to sail westwardtoreach asia. Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the church door. The beginning of the protestant reformation. Apr 27, 1521 Ferdinand Megellans' crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. This was the first European voyage of discovering the world was round. Aug 13, 1521 Cortez and his forces overthrewthe aztec empire. Oct 17, 1533 Henry viii broke from the church in rome and divorced his wife This is when the english reformatiom began. Oct 17, 1534 jacques explored the st.lawrence river to montreal for france Oct 17, 1536 john calvin developed the idea of predestionation Oct 17, 1588 Sir Francis Drake defeated the spanish armada Apr 30, 1598 henry iv issued the Edict of Nantes Oct 17, 1618 ferdidnand got france invovled in the thirty years war