Religion By Jessepe Jibbs 130 BCE Silk Routes arrive 30 Jesus founds the Christian religion 105 Paper was invented in China 570 Muhammad founds the Islamic religion 1252 Inquisition reinforces the catholic doctrine. 1384 John Wycliffe argues the bible is the highest authority 1415 Jan Huss burned at the stake 1438 Hapsburg family becomes the most powerful family in Europe 1440 Gutenberg invents the printing press 1464 Songhai Empire is created 1469 Erasmus spreads the idea of Humanism 1481 Ottoman Empire spreads to Africa 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci paints Last Supper 1498 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta 1501 Michelangelo sculpts David 1503 Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa 1508 Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel 1519 John Calvin develops the idea of predestination 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther 1526 Mughal Empire begins 1532 Henry VIII breaks from the church and divorces his wife 1534 Henry VIII becomes the head of the Anglican Church 1534 Jesuits spread the Catholic faith 1545 Catholic leaders meet at the Council of Trent 1571 Martin Luther nails 95 Theses 1581 Elizabeth I sponsors Sir Francis Drake's exploration to the new world 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeats the Spanish armada 1598 Henry IV issues the Edict of Nantes 1600 Renaissance begins in the Italian city-states 1635 France is brought into the 30 Years' War
