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In 206 BC (220 AD), paper was invented by the Chinese,
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Huss was burned at the stake for arguing that the Bible was the highest authority
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Johannes Gutenburg created the printing press in 1450, causing literacy rates to increase.
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Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail West to reach Asia and instead reached the Americas, and was the second to circumnavigate the globe.
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In 1498, the beautiful masterpiece called "The Last Supper" was created by Leonardo da Vinci.
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In 1499, Michaelangelo sculpted the beautiful Pieta.
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Slaves and disease were brought west from Africa.
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Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses on a wall in 1517, causing the people to lose faith in the pope.
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Hernan Cortes defeated/overthrew the Aztec Empire in 1519
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Megallan and his crew were the first to circumnavigate the globe, but Megellan did not make it.
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King Henry VIII, head of the anglican church, divorced his wife, Elizabeth and had her killed for being "unable" to birth him a son. He also broke from the church in Rome.
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The Jesuits (The Society of Jesus) was created during the Catholic Reformation on September 27, 1540.
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Jaques Cartier explored the St, Lawrence River to Montreat for France.
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in 1536 Henry VIII claimed himself as the head of the anglican church.
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Elizabeth the first, in becoming the spouse of Henry VIII, became the head of the Anglican Church.
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John Calvin created the idea of Predestination in 1559.
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Martin Luthers followers attended/met at the Council of Trent.
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Sir Francis Drake defeated the spanish armada and was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
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Henry IV, of France, issued the Edict of Nantes.
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Cardinal Richelieu got involved in the Tirty Years war.
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Jesus began the Christian religion.
