Time Toast 2 (Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Discovery) By Edwin_Bedoya 570 BCE Muhammad began the Islamic religion 105 BCE Paper was invented by the Chinese 1054 the Catholics were created during the Italian Renaissance 1299 the Ottoman Empire began in Africa 1400 Gold, Glory, and God were the three main reasons for exploration 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1440 Gutenberg invented the printing press 1464 the Songhai Empire was established in Africa 1492 Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia 1493 the line of demarcation divided the claims of Portugal and Spain 1498 Leonardo da Vinci painted the last super 1499 Micheal Angelo sculpted the Pieta 1500 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 1500 John Calvin established the idea of predestination 1512 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1517 John Calvin nailed 95 theses to church a church door 1519 Magellan´s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe 1521 Cortes the navigator and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire 1521 Cortes led the defeat of the Aztecs 1526 the Mughal empire began in Northern India 1534 Henry the VIII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife 1534 Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France 1545 followers of the catholic faith met at the council of trent 1559 Elizabeth I became head of the Anglican church 1588 Elizabeth I defeated Spanish armada 1598 Henry the IV issued the Edict of Nantes 1635 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years´ War 1886 salves were shipped along the middle passage of triangular trade
