World History 2-1 By 4031887 800 BCE The Songhai empire was established in Africa 207 BCE Silk routes emerged connection trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia 100 BCE Paper was invited by the Chinese 4 BCE Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion 600 Mohammad founded the Islamic religion 1184 The Inquisition was used to reinforce catholic doctrine 1279 The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe 1300 The Renaissance began in the Italian city states and spread to northern Europe 1300 The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. 1381 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 Erasmus spreads the idea of humanism 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper 1499 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta 1501 Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David 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 the church wall 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Marin Luther 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India 1533 King Henry III broke from the church and divorced his wife 1534 The Jesuits were spread the Catholic faith 1536 Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican church 1536 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 1543 Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent 1577 Elizabeth I sponsored sir Francis Drake's exploration new world 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes 1624 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War
