Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Discovery

By jacobnuckols
  • Nov 17, 622

    Mohammed

    Began the Islamic religion
  • Jan Hus
    Jul 6, 1415

    Jan Hus

    Burned at the stake for being a heretic
  • Nov 11, 1439

    Guttenburg

    Invented printing press
  • Christopher Columbus
    Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Sponsored by queen Elizabeth to sail westward to reach Asia
  • Period: Nov 11, 1495 to Nov 11, 1498

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci Painted the Last Supper between 1495 and finished it in 1498
  • Period: Nov 11, 1498 to Nov 11, 1499

    Michelangelo

    Sculpted the Pieta
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to a church door
  • Nov 11, 1518

    Middle Passage

    This was the Route slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Nov 11, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe
  • Hernando Cortes
    Aug 13, 1521

    Hernando Cortes

    Overthrew the Aztec Empire
  • Aug 15, 1534

    Counter Reformation

    This is when the Jesuits were created
  • Henry the 8th
    Nov 11, 1534

    Henry the 8th

    Broke from Roman church and divorced his wife.
  • Queen Elizabeth
    Nov 11, 1534

    Queen Elizabeth

    Became leader of Anglican CHurch
  • Nov 11, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Explored the St. Lawrence River to Montrel for France
  • Catholic Church
    Nov 11, 1545

    Catholic Church

    Followers of the Catholic church met at the Council of Trent it happened between 1545 and 1563
  • Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

    Defeated the Spanish Armada
  • Henry the fourth

    Henry the fourth

    Issued Edict of Nantes

  • Cardinal Richelien

    Gor France involved in the 30yrs war