world history timeline By Maya.Nicholson01 100 BCE Paper was invented by the chinese 1 BCE Jesus began christianity 1299 the ottoman empire began in Asia Minor 1375 The Songhai empire was established in West Africa 1415 Jan Hus was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1440 Gutenberg evented the printing press 1478 Isabella and Ferdinand started the Spanish Inquisition 1492 Christopher columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper 1499 Michaelangelo sculpted the pieta 1503 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 thesis to a church door 1519 Gold, God and Glory were the 3 main reasons for exploration. 1519 Ferdinand magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe 1519 Hernan Cortes and his forces overthrew the the aztec empire 1521 Pope Leo x excommunicated Martin Luther 1526 The Mughal empire began in India 1532 Francisco Pizarro led the defeat of the Incan empire 1533 king Henry VIII broke from the church in rome and divorced his wife 1534 Henry 8th became head of the Anglican church. 1534 The act of supremacy recognized Henry VIII as head of the church and recognize his marriage to anne boleyn 1534 Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France. 1540 the Jesuits were created during the Reformation. 1588 Sir Francis Drake defeated the spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV of france issued the edict of nantes 1600 Slaves were shipped along the middle passage of of triangular trade. 1618 Ferdinand II got France involved in the thirty years' war. 1619 John Calvin established the idea of predestination
