World History 2//Brandy Williams By bewilliams2001 100 BCE Paper was invented by the chinese 601 Muhammad began the Islamic religion 1415 Jan Hus was burned at the stake for being heretic 1440 Gutenberg invented the printing press 1464 The Songhai Empire was established in Africa 1478 Ferdinand II started the Spanish Inquisition 1491 The Jesuits were created during the Reformation 1492 Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia 1492 God, Gold, and Glory were the three main reasons for exploration 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas divided the claims of Portugal and Spain 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Last Supper 1498 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta 1500 Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door. 1521 Hernando Cortes and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire 1521 Hernando Cortes led the defeat of the Aztecs 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther 1526 The Mughal Empire began in India 1533 Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife 1533 King Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church 1534 Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France 1536 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 1536 John Calvin established the idea of predestination 1545 Followers of Pope Paul III met at the council of Trent 1577 Sir Francis Drake's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe 1588 Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes 1618 Ferdinand II got France involved in the Thirty Years' War.
