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Oct 31, 1415
John Huss was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the catholic church
A bohemian religoius leader who advanced ideas simular to wycliffe -
Nov 2, 1450
Gutenberg created the printing press
A printing press is a device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium (substrate) such as paper or cloth -
Oct 31, 1453
Ottoman Empire conquered istanbul and renamed it constantinople
fall of constantinole was the capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on Tuesday, 29 May 1453. -
Nov 2, 1480
ferdinard magellan becomes the first person to circmnavigate the worlld
ferdinard magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, -
Oct 31, 1492
Christopher columbus was sponsored by spain to sail west to reach Asia
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; -
Jun 17, 1498
Leonardo da VInci painted the last supper
The painting was one of the first color and detailed paintings back then.Back in the 15- century most paintings were basic. -
Nov 2, 1519
Hernando cortez the navigator and hs forces conquered th aztec empire.
the spanish conquest of the aztec empire was not just one of the most significant events in the spanish colonization of the americas but also in world histoy. -
Jun 17, 1522
Martin lurther nails 95 thesis to the church door in the holy roman empire
this caused the protestant reformation. -
Nov 2, 1524
Vasco da Gama sail it established trade with India for the Portuguese
vasco de gama was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route, -
Oct 31, 1534
Henry VIII broke from the Catholic church in Rome and divorced his wife
He divorced his wife because she didnt have a son. -
Nov 2, 1534
jacques cartier explored the st. Lawrence River in the montreal leading the French claim to Canada
jacques cartier )was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France -
Nov 2, 1540
John Calvin beliefs established the idea of predestination
Calvin's predestination is "repugnant" to the justice of God because it affirms that God has absolutely willed to save certain men without having the least regard to righteousness and obedience -
Nov 2, 1545
Folllowers of Catholics met at the council of Trent
The council of trent in trento and bologna,northern italy, was one of the Roman Catholics churchs most important ecumenical councils.this prompted by the protestant reformation. -
Nov 2, 1545
council of trent was created during the Italian renaissance
the council of trent held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, -
Nov 2, 1558
Queen elizabeth became head of the anglican church
The pope's authority was again explicitly rejected after the accession of Queen Elizabeth I when the Act of Supremacy of 1558 was passed. Catholic and Reformed factions vied for determining the doctrines and worship of the church. -
Queen Elizabeth defeated the Spanish Armada.
queen elizabeth defeated the spanish armada and was one of the most powerful women in that time. -
Copernicus creates the heliocentic theory,stating the sun was the center of the universe
It was not until the 16th century that a fully predictive mathematical model of a heliocentric system was presented, by the Renaissance mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic cleric Nicolaus Copernicus, leading to the Copernican Revolution. -
slaves was shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the Americas
The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World, many on the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, were West Africans from the central and western parts of the continent sold by West Africans to Western European slave traders, or by direct European capture to the Americas. -
galileo used his telescope to prove the heliocentric theory correct
His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter (named the Galilean moons in his honour), and the observation and analysis of sunspots -
Thirty wyears war is fought in germany
THIRTY YEARS' WAR (1618–1648). The Thirty Years' War was one of the greatest and longest armed contests of the early modern period. -
Louis XIV i rvoked (stoopped) the edict of nantes which gave huguenots freedom of religion in france.
As a result of these persecutions life for many Protestants became intolerable in France. -
Peter the great westernizes Russia
Peter the Great was determined to reform the domestic structure of Russia. He had a simple desire to push Russia -
Louis the 14th built the palace of Versailles
Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometers southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the center of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution.
