The last supper 1498

World History 2 - 1

  • Silk routes
    130 BCE

    Silk routes

    emerged connecting trade between Mediterranean basin and Asia
  • Paper invented
    100 BCE

    Paper invented

    by the Chinese
  • Jesus
    33

    Jesus

    became founder of the catholic faith
  • Mohammed
    600

    Mohammed

    founded islam
  • the Songhai empire
    1240

    the Songhai empire

    established in Africa
  • the renaissance
    1300

    the renaissance

    begins in the Italian city-states and moves north
  • The Inquisition
    1307

    The Inquisition

    used to reinforce christian doctrine
  • John Wycliffe
    1372

    John Wycliffe

    argued the bible was the highest authority, not the pope
  • Jan Huss
    1415

    Jan Huss

    burned at the stake for being a heretic
  • The Hapsburg family
    1438

    The Hapsburg family

    becomes the most powerful family in the world
  • Johannes Gutenburg
    1439

    Johannes Gutenburg

    invented the printing press
  • the ottoman empire
    1453

    the ottoman empire

    spread to Africa, the middle east, and southern Europe
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    1495

    Leonardo da Vinci

    painted the last supper
  • Michelangelo
    1499

    Michelangelo

    builds the Pieta
  • Michelangelo
    1501

    Michelangelo

    sculpted the statue of david
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci

    painted the Mona Lisa
  • John Calvin
    1509

    John Calvin

    developed the idea of predestination
  • Michelangelo
    1512

    Michelangelo

    painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
  • Martin Luther
    1517

    Martin Luther

    nailed 95 theses to a church door
  • Henry VIII
    1521

    Henry VIII

    breaks from the church in Rome and divorces
  • pope leo X
    1521

    pope leo X

    excommunicated martin luther
  • the Mughal Empire
    1526

    the Mughal Empire

    began in northern India
  • the Jesuits
    1534

    the Jesuits

    spread the catholic faith
  • Henry VIII
    1534

    Henry VIII

    became the head of the Anglican church
  • Catholic leaders
    1545

    Catholic leaders

    met at the council of Trent
  • Elizabeth I
    1577

    Elizabeth I

    sponsored sir Francis Drake's exploration to the new world
  • Queen Elizabeth I

    Queen Elizabeth I

    defeated Phillip II's Spanish armada
  • Henry IV

    Henry IV

    issued the edict of Nantes
  • Cardinal Richelieu

    Cardinal Richelieu

    got France in the 30 year's war
  • Erasmus

    Erasmus

    spread the idea of humanism