Religion-World in 1500-renaissance-reformation (Hunter Libby) By Zeref(aka Hunter Libby) 1453 BCE silk routes emerged connecting trade between the mediterranean basin and asia 610 BCE mohammad founded the islamic religion 100 BCE paper was invented by the chinese 64 BCE jesus began the christian religion 1384 john wycliffe argued that the bible was the highest religious authority-not the pope 1400 the renaissance began in the italian city states and spread to northern europe 1415 jan huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1440 johannes gutenberg invented the printing press 1478 the inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine 1498 leonardo da vincia panited the last supper 1499 michelangelo sculpted the pieta 1503 leonardo da vicni painted the mona lisa 1509 henry VIII broke from the church in rome and divorced his wife 1512 michelangelo painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel 1517 martin luther nailed 95 theses to a curch door 1521 pope leo x excommunicated martin luther 1534 Henry VIII became the head of the anglican church 1534 the jesuits spread the catholic faith 1536 erasmus spread the idea of humanism 1559 john clavin developed the idea of predestination 1563 catholic leaders met at the council of trent 1588 queen elizabeth I defeated philip II's spanish armada 1588 elizabeth I sponsered sir francis drake's exploration to the new world 1591 the songhai empire was established in africa 1598 henry IV issued the edict of nantes 1648 cardinal richelieu got france involved in the thirty years war 1857 the mughal empire began in northern india 1918 the hapsburg family was the most powerful family in europe 1922 the ottoman empire spread to africa, the middle east and southern europe
