World history 1517 By bankroll.tre 1240 BCE The Songhai empire was established in Africa 622 BCE Michelangelo founded the Islamic religion 570 BCE Mohammad found the Islamic religion 412 BCE John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 220 BCE Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia 100 BCE Paper was invented by the Chinese 4 BCE Jesus was the founder of the christian religion 1362 John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority - not the Pope 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic 1439 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press 1450 The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe 1498 Leonardo da vinci painted the last supper 1499 Michelangelo sculpted the pieta 1503 Leonardo da vinci painted the Mona lisa 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door. 1521 pope Leo X excommunicated martin Luther 1526 The mughal empire began in Northern India 1533 Henry Viii broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife 1534 The Jesuits were spread the catholic faith 1536 Henry Viii became the head of the Anglican Church 1551 Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent 1577 Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake's exploration to the New World 1584 The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip ll's Spanish Armada 1598 Henry lV issued the Edict of Nantes 1624 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty years war. 1922 The ottoman empire spread to Africa, the middle east and southern Europe 1988 Erasmus spread the idea of humanism
