world 2

  • John Huss
    Oct 27, 1415

    John Huss

    Huss burned at stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic church
  • Gutenberg
    Nov 2, 1450

    Gutenberg

    He invents the printing press
  • ottoman
    Oct 31, 1453

    ottoman

    ottoman conqured Istanbul and renamed it constantinople
  • Columbus
    Oct 31, 1492

    Columbus

    Columbus was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia
  • Last supper
    Oct 27, 1495

    Last supper

    Da Vinci painted the Last Supper and finished it 1498
  • 95 Thesis
    Oct 27, 1517

    95 Thesis

    Martin Luther nails the 95 Thesis to the church door in the Holy Roman Empire
  • Hernando Cortes
    Nov 2, 1519

    Hernando Cortes

    Cortez the navigator and his forces conquers the Aztec Empire
  • Fernidad Magellan
    Nov 2, 1519

    Fernidad Magellan

    He was the first person to circumnavigate the world
  • Copurnicus
    Nov 2, 1530

    Copurnicus

    He creates the heliocentric theory, stating the sun was the center of the universe
  • Broke catholic church
    Oct 27, 1534

    Broke catholic church

    King Henry VIII broke fromt he catholic church in Rome and divoriced his wife
  • Jacques carter
    Nov 2, 1534

    Jacques carter

    He explored the the st. Lawrence river and Montreal leading the French claim to Canada
  • Catholic church
    Nov 2, 1545

    Catholic church

    Followers of Catholic Church met at the council of trent
  • Council of trent
    Nov 2, 1545

    Council of trent

    The Jesuits created the council of trent
  • Queen Elizabeth
    Nov 2, 1558

    Queen Elizabeth

    She became the head of the Anglican Churchh
  • John Calvin
    Nov 2, 1563

    John Calvin

    His beliefs established the idea
    Of predestination
  • Queen Elizabeth

    Queen Elizabeth

    Queeb Elizabeth defeated the Spanish Armada
  • Slaves

    Slaves

    They were shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the americas
  • Galileo

    Galileo

    He uses his telescope to probe the heliocentric theory is correct
  • Thirty Years war

    Thirty Years war

    The Thirty Years War fought in Germany
  • Louis The XIV

    Louis The XIV

    Louis revoked the Edict of the Nantes which gave Huguenots freedom of religion in France
  • Peter The Great

    Peter The Great

    Peter The Great westernizes Europe
  • Palace of Versailles

    Louis builds the palace of Versailles