The Reformation

By mdgduing@gmail.com
  • Paper was invented by the Chinese
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    Paper was invented by the Chinese

    This was the Chinese's biggest invention
  • Jesus began Chirstianity
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    Jesus began Chirstianity

    This was the start of Chirstianity
  • Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
    Jul 6, 1415

    Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic

    This is what made John Wycliffe more popular
  • Gutenburg invented the printing press
    Jan 1, 1450

    Gutenburg invented the printing press

    Literacy rates go up
  • Slaves were traded through the middle passage of The Triangular Trade
    Jan 1, 1490

    Slaves were traded through the middle passage of The Triangular Trade

    Made the new world function better
  • Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia
    Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia

    Was the first to colonize a new place
  • Leonardo da Vinci painted the last supper
    Jan 1, 1498

    Leonardo da Vinci painted the last supper

    It was a big influence for Christanity
  • Michelangelo Sculpted The Pieta
    Jan 1, 1499

    Michelangelo Sculpted The Pieta

    Important renassance art
  • Martin Luther nailed 95 Thesis to the church door
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther nailed 95 Thesis to the church door

    Was the start of the Lutheran Church
  • Hernando Cortez and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire
    Jan 1, 1519

    Hernando Cortez and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire

    Gave them land to colonize
  • Ferdinand Magellan' crew was the first to circumnavigated the globe
    Sep 20, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan' crew was the first to circumnavigated the globe

    Made him a great explorer
  • Martin Luther and his followers meet at the Lutheran Church
    Jan 1, 1521

    Martin Luther and his followers meet at the Lutheran Church

    They had a place to meet
  • King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church and divorced his wife
    Jan 1, 1533

    King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church and divorced his wife

    He made his own religioin
  • Jacques Cartier
    Jan 1, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France
  • John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
    Jan 1, 1536

    John Calvin developed the idea of predestination

    Made the things that he belived in diffrent from everyone else
  • The Jesuits were created during the Catholic Reformation
    Jan 1, 1545

    The Jesuits were created during the Catholic Reformation

    Something good that came out of the Reformation
  • Elizebeth I became the head of the Anglican Church

    Elizebeth I became the head of the Anglican Church

    Followed in her dad's footsteps
  • Sir Francis Drake defeated the spanish armada

    Sir Francis Drake defeated the spanish armada

    He beat a hudge army
  • Henry VI issued the Edict of Nantes

    Henry VI issued the Edict of Nantes

    Gave the Huguenots the right to worship as Protestants and return many of their civil privileges
  • Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War

    Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War

    Was a series of conflicts between 1618 and 1648 mostly in the territory of today's Germany