Religion World in 1500 Renaissance Reformation By randabarnette 130 BCE Silk Routes emerged connecting trade between mediterranean basin and asia 100 BCE Paper was invented by the chinese 1 BCE Jesus began the Christian religion 610 Mohammad founded the Islamic religion 1300 The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe 1350 The renaissance began in the intalian city-states and spread to northern europe 1382 John Wycliffe argued the bible was the highest religious authority-not the pope 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1430 The Songhai Empire was established in africa 1438 The hapsburg family was the most powerful family in europe 1439 Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press 1478 The inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine 1493 Erasmus spread the idea of humanism 1495 Leonardo da Vinci painted the last supper 1498 Michaelanglo scuplted the Pieta 1503 Leonardo da Vnci painted the Mona Lisa 1512 MIchelangelo painted the celiling of the sistine chapel 1517 Martin Lurther nailed the 95 theses to a church door 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India 1531 Henry VII became the head of the anglican church 1534 Henry VIII broke from the church in rome and divorced his wife 1534 The Jesuits spread the catholic faith 1536 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 1563 Catholic leaders met at the council of trent 1577 Elizabeth I sponsered sir fracis drake's exploration to the new world 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip's II spanish armada 1598 Henry IV issued the edict of nantes 1624 Cardinal Richelieu got france involved in the thirty years' war
