World History 2 #1 By Diamond Fortner 610 BCE Mohammed began the Islamic religion 100 BCE Paper was invented by Chineses 1400 Gold, God, and Glory were the main reasons for exploration 1440 Gutenberg invented the printing press 1451 The Ottoman Empire began in the Asia Minor 1478 Isabella I started the Spanish Inquisition 1492 Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asis 1493 The Songhai Empire was established in west Africa 1495 Leonardo da vinci painted the Last Supper 1498 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door 1519 Hernan Cortes the Navigator and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire 1519 Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe 1521 Cortes led the the defeat of the Aztec 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India 1527 Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife 1534 Archbishop became the head of the Anglican Church 1534 Jacques Cartier explored the st. Lawrence river to Montreal for France 1534 The Act of Supremacy divided king head of church 1534 The Jesuits were created during the Reformation 1545 People against Luther met at The Council of Trent 1553 John Calvin was burned at stake for being a heretic 1559 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 1559 John Calvin established the idea of predestination 1588 Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada 1598 King Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes 1618 Ferdinand II got France involved in the Thirty Years' War 1640 Tobacco was shipped along the Columbian Exchange
