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Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Discovery

  • Christianity
    100

    Christianity

    Jesus began the Christianity religion.
  • China
    Oct 16, 700

    China

    Paper was invented by China.
  • Jan Huss
    Jul 6, 1415

    Jan Huss

    Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
  • Gutenberg
    Oct 16, 1450

    Gutenberg

    Gutengerg invented the printing press.
  • Michelangelo
    Oct 16, 1489

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus was sponsered by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia.
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    Oct 16, 1495

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper.
  • Elizabeth I
    Apr 21, 1509

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I became the head of the Anglican Church.
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door.
  • Hernando Cortez
    May 16, 1520

    Hernando Cortez

    Hernando Cortez and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Sep 19, 1520

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan' crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
  • King Henry VIII
    Oct 16, 1534

    King Henry VIII

    King Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife.
  • Jaques Cartier
    Oct 16, 1534

    Jaques Cartier

    Jaques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal France.
  • Counter Reformation
    Oct 17, 1534

    Counter Reformation

    The Jesuits were created during the Italian Renaissance.
  • Jesuits
    Oct 16, 1545

    Jesuits

    The Jesuits met at the Council of Trent.
  • John Calvin
    Oct 16, 1559

    John Calvin

    John Calvin developed the idea of predestination.
  • Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada.
  • Henry IV

    Henry IV

    Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes.
  • Slaves

    Slaves

    Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade.
  • Cardinal Richelieu

    Cardinal Richelieu

    Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War.