World history 2

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  • 570 BCE

    Muhammad began the Islamic religion

  • 1 BCE

    Numeral system was invented by Muslims

  • 1375

    The Songhai empire began in africa

  • 1400

    Gold, God, Glory were the three main reasons for exploration

  • 1415

    Jan huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic.

  • 1420

    The style of painting was created during Italian Renaissance

  • 1440

    Gutenberg invented the printing press

  • 1478

    Isabella I started the Spanish inquisition

  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus was sponsored by queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia.

  • 1493

    The line of demarcation divided the claims of Portugal and Spain

  • 1495

    Leonardo da vinci painted the last supper

  • 1499

    Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta

  • 1508

    Michelangelo painted the ceiling of Sistine chapel

  • 1517

    Martin Luther nailed 95 these to a church door

  • 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe

  • 1521

    Hernando cortez led the defeat of the aztec

  • 1521

    Hernando Cortez and his forces overthrew the Aztec empire.

  • 1521

    Pope Leo x excommunicated Martin Luther

  • 1524

    The ottoman empire was established in China

  • 1526

    The mughal empire began in northern India

  • 1533

    Henry viii broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife

  • 1534

    Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France

  • 1536

    John Calvin established the idea of predestination

  • 1536

    John Calvin developed the idea of predestination

  • 1545

    Followers of catholic church met at the council of Trent

  • Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada.

  • Henry iv issued the edict of nantes

  • Cardinal Richelieu got involved in thirty years' war

  • Slaves were shipped along the middle passage of triangular trade

  • Catherine of Aragon became head of Anglican church