Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Discovery

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    paper was invented by the chinese

    paper was invented by the chinese
    paper was invinted to better keep documents
  • Jul 6, 1415

    Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic

    Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic
    Jan Huss was burned at the stake because he was preaching a new ideas that did not agree with the catholic curch
  • Aug 15, 1439

    gutenburg invented the printing press

    gutenburg invented the printing press
    with the invintion of the printing press came higher literacy rates and spreacing of ideas .
  • Mar 4, 1493

    Christopher Columbus was sponserd by queen isabella to sail westward to reach asia

    Christopher Columbus was sponserd by queen isabella to sail westward to reach asia
    Christopher Columbus sailed to find a westward route to asia but landed in the indies
  • Oct 8, 1498

    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper

    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper
    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper staring in 1495 and ending in 1498.
  • Sep 16, 1499

    michelangelo sculpted the pieta

    michelangelo sculpted the pieta
    the Pieta sculpted my Michelangelo was created to represent the
    crucifixion of jesus Crist
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door

    Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door
    Martin Luther did not like the way the church was doing things so he nailed his 95 theses (complaints) to the church door.
  • Sep 18, 1519

    john calvin developed the idea of predestination

    john calvin developed the idea of predestination
    calvin belived in the idea that god has predetermined if we will go to hell or heavan when we die.
  • Aug 13, 1521

    hernando cortez and his forces overthrew the aztec empire

    hernando cortez and his forces overthrew the aztec empire
    cortez overthrew the aztec empire so he could claim the land for spain.
  • Aug 20, 1522

    ferdinand magellans crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

    ferdinand magellans crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe
    they circumnavigated the globe for the 3 G's God, Gold, and Glory.
  • Nov 16, 1532

    King Henry VIII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife

    King Henry VIII broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife
    King Henry VIII broke from the church in Rome because he wanted to divorce his wife for not giving him a son and they said no.
  • Aug 15, 1534

    jacques cartier explored the St. lawrence river to montreal for france

    jacques cartier explored the St. lawrence river to montreal for france
    jacques cartier explored the St. lawrence river to montreal to find land to claim for france
  • Aug 16, 1534

    the Jesuits were created durning the catholic reformation

    the Jesuits were created durning the catholic reformation
    the jesuits were founded to spread the catholic doctorin
  • Nov 15, 1534

    king henry VII became the head of the anglican church

    king henry VII became the head of the anglican church
    king henry did not want to be with the catholic church anymore so he created the church of england
  • Dec 4, 1563

    leaders of the Catholic church met at the council of trent

    leaders of the Catholic church met at the council of trent
    The council of trent was created to reaffirm most church doctrine and practices.

  • Sir Ftransis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada

    Sir Ftransis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada
    Sir Ftransis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 thus bringing glory to england

  • King Henry VI issued the edict of nantes

    King Henry VI issued the edict of nantes
    King Henry VI issued the edict of nantes to protect the huguenots freedom to worship.

  • cardinal richeliea got france involved in the thirty years war.

    cardinal richeliea got france involved in the thirty years war.
    France got involved in the thirty years was for diplomatic and political reasons.

  • slaves were shipped along the middle passage of triangular trade

    slaves were shipped along the middle passage of triangular trade
    the was a lack of workers over in the americas so africans were traded and put to work for the white man.

  • jesus began the christianity religion

    jesus began the christianity religion
    christianity is a religion based on the life and oral teachings of jesus