World History 2: Timetoast Timeline #1 By amr500 139 BCE Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. 105 BCE Paper was invented by the Chinese 1 BCE Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion 613 Mohammad founded the Islamic religion. 800 The Songhai Empire was established in Africa 800 ad 1415 Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic. 1427 John Wycliffe argued the Bible was the highest religious authority – not the Pope. 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. 1492 Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. 1497 Vaso da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa en route to India. 1498 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper 1499 Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta. 1500 The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states and spread to Northern Europe. 1503 Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. 1504 Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David. 1512 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to a church door. 1517 Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake’s exploration to the New World 1519 The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe. 1519 Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. 1519 Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztecs. 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther. 1526 The Mughal Empire began in Northern India. 1533 Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife. 1533 The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe. 1533 Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas. 1534 Jacques Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence River and discovered Montreal. 1534 Henry VIII became the head of the Anglican Church. 1534 The Jesuit Order spread the Catholic faith 1539 John Calvin developed the idea of predestination 1542 The Inquisition was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine 1563 Catholic leaders met at the Council of Trent. 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 1600 Erasmus spread the idea of “humanism.” 1624 Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years’ War
