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WorldHistory 2 Number 1 Oxendine

  • 610 BCE

    Mohammad

    Mohammad founded the Islamic religion.
  • 220 BCE

    Paper

    Paper was invented by China.
  • 139 BCE

    Silk routes .

    Silk routes emerged connecting trade between the Mediterranean Basin and Asia.
  • 15 BCE

    The Songhai Empire

    The Songhai Empire was established in Africa.
  • 1 BCE

    Jesus

    Jesus was the founder of the Christian religion.
  • 1350

    Renaissance

    The Renaissance started spreading to Europe
  • 1354

    John Wycliffe

    John Wycliffe argued that the Pope wasn't the highest authority the Bible was.
  • Jul 6, 1415

    Jan Huss

    Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
  • 1440

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus reached the Americas.
  • 1497

    Vaso da Gama

    Vaso da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa en route to India.
  • 1498

    Last Supper

    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Last Supper
  • 1498

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta through 1498-1500
  • 1500

    The Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire spread to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe.
  • 1501

    Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David.

    Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David through 1504
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
  • 1508

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    Nailed 95 these to the Church door
  • 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
  • 1520

    Hernan Cortez

    Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztecs.
  • Jan 31, 1521

    Pope Leo X

    Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther
  • 1526

    The Mughal Empire

    The Mughal Empire began in Northern India.
  • 1526

    Erasmus

    Erasmus spread the idea of “humanism.”
  • 1533

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas.
  • 1534

    The Jesuit Order

    The Jesuit Order spread the Catholic faith.
  • 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence River and discovered Montreal.
  • 1536

    Henry VIII becomes head of the Angelican Church

    King Henry VII becomes the head of Angelican Church
  • 1539

    John Calvin

    John Calvin developed the idea of predestination.
  • 1545

    Council of Trent

    Catholic leaders met at the counsel of Trent
  • 1553

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII broke from the Church and divorced his wife
  • 1560

    Inquisition

    It was used to reinforce Catholic doctrine.
  • 1577

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I sponsored Sir Francis Drake’s exploration to the New World.
  • 1577

    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe.
  • The Hapsburg family

    The Hapsburg family was the most powerful family in Europe.
  • Queen Elizabeth

    Queen Elizabeth defeats the Spanish Armada
  • King Henry IV

    He issued the Edict of Nantes
  • Cardinal Richelieu

    Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years’ War.