World events in the time of the Reformation By manga1 Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1560 Comparing Continents Jan 11, 1511 Valazquez occupies Cuba Jan 11, 1513 Ponce de Leon lands in what would become Florida Jan 11, 1513 Goa, India captured by Port Oct 31, 1517 95 theses Jan 11, 1519 Cortez lands in Mexico/ defeats Aztecs Jun 15, 1520 Papal bull decides to condemn Luther Apr 25, 1525 Peasents revolt reaches height Jan 11, 1534 Jacques Cartier charts Gulf of St. Lawrence Feb 5, 1534 Antibaptist revolt in Munster May 5, 1539 Gura Nanak founder of Sikhism Dies Jan 11, 1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississpi River Jan 11, 1543 First western contact in Japan Jan 11, 1549 Introduction of Christianity to Japan Sep 25, 1555 Augsburg church tolerates Lutherans Jan 11, 1556 Shaanxi earthquake kills 830,000 people during Ming Dynasty
