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Spanish forces led by the conquistador Hernán Cortés destroy the Aztec Empire.

1521 BCE

Spanish forces led by the conquistador Hernán Cortés destroy the Aztec Empire.this was influenced by the age of discovery because people wanted to go out and explore and find new places and the age of exploration was influenced by the renaissance.

reformation

1517 BCE

The Council of Constance ends the Great Schism, affirming that Rome is the seat of the church and that Pope Martin V is its sole leader. Unfortunately for the church, the Great Schism has weakened it at the very time that it faces its greatest challenge ever: a gathering movement that will come to be known as the Reformation.this was an extension of the renaissance because people started to think more open and for themselves and saw the corruption of certain churches and governments

Martin Luther post 95 thesis

1517 BCE

century after the Council of Constance ended the Great Schism, a German monk named Martin Luther publicly posts ninety-five theses, or statements challenging the established teachings of Catholicism, on the door of a church in Germany. Over the next century, numerous new Protestant religious denominations will be established. the way Martin Luther questioned the church and what was going on was largely due to the thinking done in the reformation and the thinking done during the renaissance.

Acknowledgment of Wrongful death of Joan of arc

1456 BCE

A commission directed by Pope Calixtus III declares that the verdict against Joan of Arc in 1431 had been wrongfully obtained.i think because of the renaissance Joan of arc death was acknowledged by the pope because more people started to question things that were wrong and even the pope went against the grain and said this was a wrongful murder and I think this was influenced by renaissance thinking.

end of 100 years war

1453 BCE

Due in large part to the victories of Joan of Arc, which lifted French morale twenty-four years earlier, the Hundred Years' War ends with French victory.this is significant because the 100 years war was seen as a time of turmoil and death and even after the death of Joan of arc she still motivated the soldiers to keep them going for 24 years after death and her way of thinking is largely due to how people started to think during the renaissance and even after death they were motivated.

African slave trade

1441 BCE

Fourteen black slaves are brought from Africa to Portugal, where they are presented to Prince Henry the Navigator. This is the beginning of the African slave trade, which isn't abolished until more than four centuries later.
this was influenced by the age of discovery and they wanted to travel and discover and they discovered africans and took back 14 of them to Portugal.

Joan of Arc wrongfully murdered

1430 BCE

Captured by Burgundian forces, Joan of Arc is handed over to the English, who arrange her trial for witchcraft in a court of French priests. The trial, a mockery of justice, ends with Joan being burned at the stake.

Joan of arc

1429 BCE

A tiny French army led by Joan of Arc forces the English to lift their siege on the town of Orléans, a victory that raises French spirits and makes it possible for France's king Charles VII to be crowned later that year. This marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.this is a part of the reformation because she was a protestant and this is also a extension of the renaissance because during that period women started to think different and this went to a woman like Joan wanting to do this.

Henry the Navigator

1418 BCE

The "school" of navigation founded by Prince Henry the Navigator sponsors the first of many expeditions that, over the next forty-two years, will greatly increase knowledge of the middle Atlantic Ocean and Africa's west coast. These are the earliest European voyages of exploration, of which there will be many in the next two centuries.this was a big step in the age of discovery and the school of navigation inspired and influenced many people to come.

first female writer

1404 BCE

Christine de Pisan, Europe's first female professional writer, publishes The Book of the City of Ladies, her most celebrated work.this is seen as a extension of the renaissance because during the renaissance people started to think newer and more free and this allowed women to be able to learn and write and gain new opportunities because during the renaissance women were thought of differently in Europe.