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Oct 16, 622
mohommand began the islamic religion
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Jul 6, 1415
jan hus was burned at the stake for being a heretic
Jan Hus rebelled against their Roman Catholic rulers. -
Sep 16, 1450
johannes gutenberg invented the printing press
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Oct 16, 1472
textile and numberal system
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Oct 12, 1492
christopher columbus was sponsored by queen isabella to sail westward to reach asia
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Oct 10, 1495
leonardo da vinci painted the last supper
Leonardo Da Vinci began painting the Last Supper on the wall of the refectory. -
Oct 16, 1497
john calvin developed the idea of predestination
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Apr 2, 1509
king henry viii became the head of the Anglican church.
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Oct 31, 1517
martin luther nails 95 theses to a church door
Ninety-Five Theses centers on practices within the Catholic Church. -
Sep 20, 1519
ferdinand magellan crew was the first to circumnative the globe
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May 15, 1520
cortez and his forces overthrew the aztec empire
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Oct 16, 1534
jacques cartier explored the st lawrence river to montreal for france
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Oct 16, 1534
the jesuits were created during the catholic reformation
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sir francis drake defeated the spanish armada
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ferdinand magellan got france involved in the thirty years war
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michelangelo sculpted the pieta
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henry iv issued the edict of nantes
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followers of martin luther met at the council of trent
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king henry viii became the head of the anglican church
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slaves was shipped along the middle passage of triangular trade