Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Discovery

By gregory824
  • Cai Lun
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    Cai Lun

    invented paper in ancient China
  • Christopher Columbus
    Nov 11, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Was sponsored by Queen isabella to sail westward to reach Asia.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Nov 11, 1495

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leanardo da vinci painted the last supper.
  • Michelangelo
    Nov 11, 1498

    Michelangelo

    Sculpted the Pieta
  • Henry VIII
    Nov 11, 1509

    Henry VIII

    broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife
  • Henry VIII
    Nov 17, 1509

    Henry VIII

    Became head of the anglican church
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Nov 11, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate
  • Louis XIV of France

    Louis XIV of France

    The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes of 1598, had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state.
  • Spanish conquisadors

    Spanish conquisadors

    they overthrew the Aztec Empire
  • Slaves

    Slaves

    Slaves were traded along the middle passage of the triangular trade
  • John Calvin

    John Calvin

    Developed the idea of predestination