World History 2 Number 1 SESSOMS By 4046127 130 BCE Silk routes emerged 30 Jesus founded Christianity 105 Paper was invented by the Chinese 610 Mohammad founded the Islamic religion 1300 The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe 1375 The Songhai Empire was established in Africa 1378 John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press 1478 Inquisition is established to help enforce Catholic doctrine 1492 Christopher Columbus reached the Americas 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci paints The Last Supper 1497 Vaso da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa 1499 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta 1500 The Ottoman Empire spread 1503 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa 1504 Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1515 Erasmus helped spread the idea of humanism through the New Testament 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to church door 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther 1521 Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztecs 1522 Ferdinand Magellan’s crew circumnavigated the globe 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India 1532 Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas 1533 Henry VIII breaks from church in Rome and divorces wife 1534 Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church 1534 Jacques Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence River and discovered Montreal 1536 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 1540 The Jesuit Order spread the Catholic faith 1545 Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent 1577 Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake’s exploration to the New World 1577 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe 1588 Queen Elizabeth I defeated Philip II’s Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes 1635 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years’ War 1918 The Hapsburg family ruled
