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Citation Leif Ericson sailed for Norway. Discovered what we call Newfoundland.
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Citation The black death killed about 450 million people. It took 150 years for Europe to recover.
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Citation French cardinals break away from Catholic Church and elect an antipope. This weakened the Church further.
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Citation The first printing press was invented by a German named Johannes Gutenberg. Allowed books to become much cheaper and news to be spread more easily.
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Citation A tribunal organized by the catholic monarchs of Spain that persecuted Jews and Muslims, forcing them to convert to Christianity. Several cultures were persecuted unjustly by them and Catholicism became widespread in Spain.
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Citation The Spaniads drive the Muslims out of Spain. As a result, the Muslims are out of Europe altogether.
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Citation Columbus sailed for Spain in an attempt to find the Indies, but instead he discovered America.
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Citation Sailed for England. Rediscovered Newfoundland (after Leif Ericson).
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Citation Luther calls for a change in the Church, but when they don't respond, he forms his own faith, Lutheran. This really causes problems in the Church and many start to question the Church's teaching.
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Citation Hernando Cortes sailed for Spain. He conquered the Aztecs in Central America.
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Citation First miracle attributed to Mary that appeared to a mestizo in the New World. Showed that even the peasants in the New World should be treated as people.
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Citation King Henry VIII breaks away from Church over a dispute on a divorce and forms Church of England. Weakens Catholic Church further.
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Citation Sailed for Spain. Conquered the Incas in South America.
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Citation The officials of the Catholic Church get together to correct the problems of the Catholic Church. This helped prevent the Church from losing more followers.
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Citation First English colony in the Americas. All the people disappeared mysteriously. Made people suspicious about the Indians.
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Citation A group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement in Norfolk, Virginia. It gave England a foothold in the New World.
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Citation Sailed for Dutch & English. Hudson sailed up the Hudson River in New York.
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Citation A French king who built the Palace of Versailles, and he attempted to invade Europe, but failed and sent France into debt.
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Citation A French missionary and a trader sailed 700 miles up the Mississippi River guided by Indians.
