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Jesus started the Christian religion
This was important because it was the start of Christianity, which would lead to many other religions in due time. -
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Paper was invented by the Chinese
This was important because people could now record important things in an easier manner. -
Jul 6, 1415
Jon Huss was burned at the stake for being a Heretic
This was important because it shows that the Church would do anything to rid their believers of any other ideas other than thier own. -
Jun 1, 1450
Gutenberg invented the printing press
This was important because it increased literacy rates -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to Asia
This was important because it was announced that the new world had been found, and it was in the name of Spain. -
Jun 1, 1498
Leonardo DaVinci paints The Last Supper
This was important because it introduced perspective art. -
Jun 1, 1499
Michelangelo sculpted the pieta
This was important because it depicts a basic idea of the idea centered around the Reninssance. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to a church door
He did this to point out everything wrong with the Cathloic church. -
Jun 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe
This was important because they now has a basic idea how big the world was. -
Aug 13, 1521
Hernando Cortez and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire
This was important because the Spanish gained control of northern Mexico. -
Jun 1, 1533
John Calvin developed the idea of predestionation
This was important because it opened up peoples minds that maybe the church wasn't right about everything. -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence river to Montreal for France
This was important because now france had gotten into the fight for land in the new world. -
Jun 1, 1534
Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife
This was important because this was the start of the Anglican church. -
Aug 1, 1534
The jesuits were created during the Cathloic Reformation
This was important because they spread the Cathloic doctorine around the world. -
Dec 13, 1545
Followers of the Cathloic church met at the Council of Trent
This was important because it started the Cathloic reformation, in a way. -
Jun 1, 1558
Queen Elizabeth I became head of the Anglican church
This was important because The Anglican church remained Protestant. -
Queen Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada
This was important because it brought about the decline of Spanish power in Europe. -
Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
This was important because it brought religous safety to the hugehnots in France. -
Tobacco was shipped along the columbian exchange of the Middle Passage
This was important because it greatly changed Europeans lifestyles. -
Cardinal Richelieu got France involved int the Thirty Years' War
This was important because this war was a fight for power and wealth, not religion.
