Social Studies

  • Leif Ericson
    Sep 4, 1001

    Leif Ericson

    citationLeif Ericson was the first viking to sail to the North American Continent
  • Black Death
    Sep 4, 1348

    Black Death

    medievaleurope.mrdonn.orgTerrible disease that spread through Spain and killed many people.
  • Great Schism
    Sep 4, 1378

    Great Schism

    citationTime of two to three popes and it was also known as the Western Schism.
  • Inventing the Printing Press
    Sep 4, 1446

    Inventing the Printing Press

    tudorhistory.orgJohannes Gutenberg from Germany invented the Printing Press
  • Spanish Conquers Muslim
    Sep 5, 1467

    Spanish Conquers Muslim

    historyofjihad.orgSpanish made muslims slaves and killed them.
  • Spanish Inquisition
    Sep 4, 1487

    Spanish Inquisition

    bbc.co.ukSpain is the only multireligious country in Western Europe
  • Christopher Columbus
    Sep 4, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    citationFound America, but he thought it was the Indies.
  • John Cabot
    Sep 5, 1497

    John Cabot

    citationJohn Cabot sailed for England and reached the Northwest Coast of North America
  • King Henry VIII
    Sep 4, 1509

    King Henry VIII

    tudorhistory.orgSon of Henry VII and was one of Englands least popular and strongest monarchs.
  • Hernando Cortes
    Sep 4, 1513

    Hernando Cortes

    Spanish Conquisador who conquered and explored Mexico
  • Protestant Reformation
    Sep 4, 1517

    Protestant Reformation

    tudorhistory.orgRoman Catholic Church considered all christians to be within its fold and protest to be catholics.
  • Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe Apparation
    Sep 4, 1531

    Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe Apparation

    citationMary appeared to convert Juan Diego on a cloke and told him to bring it to the church.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Sep 4, 1535

    Francisco Pizarro

    citation Spanish Conquisador who conqured the Incan Empire and explored peru
  • Council of Trent
    Sep 4, 1545

    Council of Trent

    citationThey helped reform the Church and it was also known as the Catholic Reformation.
  • Roanoke

    Roanoke

    delsjourney.com Important financial trade, industrial, and transportation.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    delsjourney.comFirst permanent English country found on a peninsula of the James River
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    citationSailed for England found a short passage way from Europe to Asia through the Artic Ocean.
  • King Louis XIV

    King Louis XIV

    henri-iv.comKing Louis XIV inherited power from his dad and became king.
  • Marquette and Joliet

    Marquette and Joliet

    citationThey explored the Missisippi River.