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570
Muhamed began the Islamic Religion
Born approximately in 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca, Muhammad was orphaned at an early age; he was raised under the care of his paternal uncle Abu Talib. -
Nov 12, 1400
Paper was invented by the Chinese
History of paper. Five seminal steps in ancient Chinese papermaking outlined in a Han dynasty woodcut. Paper was invented in ancient China during the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) and spread slowly to the west via the Silk Road. -
Nov 12, 1402
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
Hus tried to reform the Church by delineating the moral failings of clergy, bishops, and even the papacy from his pulpit. Archbishop Zbyněk Zajíc tolerated this, and even appointed Hus as preacher to the clergy's biennial synod. -
Nov 17, 1440
Slaves was shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade.
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans[1] were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. Ships departed Europe for African markets with manufactured goods, which were traded for purchased or kidnapped Africans, who were transported across the Atlantic as slaves; the slaves were then sold or traded for raw materials,[2] which would be transported back to Europe to complete the voyage. -
Nov 18, 1440
Gutenberg invented the print and press.
A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. Typically used for texts, the invention of the printing press is widely regarded as one of the most influential events in the second millennium,[1] ushering in the period of modernity.[2] -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus was sponserd by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia.
In 1492 a Spanish transatlantic maritime expedition led by Christopher Columbus led to the Discovery of America, a new continent previously unknown in Europe. Columbus and his crew became the first Christian Europeans to make landfall in the Americas. -
Nov 11, 1495
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper.
The Last Supper is a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan -
Nov 11, 1498
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta.
The Pietà is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. -
Apr 21, 1509
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife.
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther naild 95 Theses to a church door.
That was the start of the Protestant Reformation. -
Sep 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
In search of fame and fortune, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. -
Nov 18, 1534
Jacques Cartier explored the st. lawrence river to montreal for france.
French navigator Jacques Cartier becomes the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec, Canada. In 1534, Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France to explore the northern American lands in search of riches and the rumored Northwest Passage to Asia. -
Nov 17, 1545
Followers of Henry lV met at the Council of Trent.
The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Nov 18, 1545
The Jesuits were created during the reformation.
The Counter-Reformation (also the Catholic Revival[1] or Catholic Reformation) was the period of Catholic resurgence beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War (1648), and was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. -
Dec 2, 1547
Cortes the Nacigator and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire.
He went to Hispaniola and later to Cuba, where he received an encomienda and, for a short time, became alcalde (magistrate) of the second Spanish town founded on the island. In 1519, he was elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland, an expedition which he partly funded. -
Nov 17, 1550
Henry lllV becames the head of the Anglican Chruch.
In the Middle Ages there was considerable variation in the methods of nomination of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops. At various times the choice was made by the canons of Canterbury Cathedral, the Pope, or the King of England -
Nov 17, 1561
Calvin developed the idea of predestination.
redestination, in theology, is the doctrine[1] that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.[2] Explanations of predestination often seek to address the "paradox of free will", whereby God's omniscience seems incompatible with human free will -
Drake defeated the Spanish Armada
Off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain's so-called “Invincible Armada” is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. -
Henry VIII issued the Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes (French: Édit de Nantes), signed probably on 30 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was, at the time, still considered essentially Catholic. -
Cardinal Richelieu got france involved in the thirty years war.
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac, commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman, noble and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616
