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Paper invented in China.
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Mohammad began the Islamic Religion.
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Jan Huss burned at stake for being a heretic.
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Christopher Columbus was granted permission to sail West by Queen Isabella.
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One of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings.
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One of Michelangelo's greatest art acheivements
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Martin Luther nailed a long list of complaints about the Catholic church on a church door.
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John Calvin developed the idea of predestination.
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Hernando Cortez and his forces defeat the Aztec Empire.
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Gutenburg invents the printing press
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Jaques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France.
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Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set out to circumnavigate the globe, Magellan died at about halfway and his crew finished.
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Elizabeth I became head of the Anglican Church
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Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish Armada
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The Edict of Nantes allows huguenots to worship what they believe in.
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Slaves are shipped along the middle passage of the Triangular trade.
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The Jesuits were created during the Catholic Reformation.
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Cardinal Richelieu gets France involved in the Thirty Years' War