Religion-World in 1500-Renaissance-reformation By SkyeKnapp 1299 BCE The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, The Middle East and southern Europe 632 BCE Mohammad founded the Islamic religion 15 BCE The Songhai Empire was established in Africa 14 BCE Erasmus spread the idea of "humanism" 14 BCE Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia 33 Jesus began the Christian religion 105 Paper invented by the Chinese 1300 The Renaissance began in the Italian city states and spread to Northern Europe 1384 John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority-not the popa 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1439 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press 1498 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Last Supper 1499 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta 1503 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1508 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed 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 were spread the Catholic Faith 1536 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination Dec 13, 1545 Catholic leaders met at the council of trent 1577 Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake exploration to The New World 1587 Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes 1600 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years War 1661 The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe 1900 The Inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine
