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Christianity
Jesus began the Christianity religion. -
Oct 16, 700
China
Paper was invented by China. -
Jul 6, 1415
Jan Huss
Jan Huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic. -
Oct 16, 1450
Gutenberg
Gutengerg invented the printing press. -
Oct 16, 1489
Michelangelo
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was sponsered by Queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia. -
Oct 16, 1495
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the last supper. -
Apr 21, 1509
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I became the head of the Anglican Church. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door. -
May 16, 1520
Hernando Cortez
Hernando Cortez and his forces overthrew the Aztec Empire. -
Sep 19, 1520
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan' crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. -
Oct 16, 1534
King Henry VIII
King Henry VIII broke from the Church in Rome and divorced his wife. -
Oct 16, 1534
Jaques Cartier
Jaques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal France. -
Oct 17, 1534
Counter Reformation
The Jesuits were created during the Italian Renaissance. -
Oct 16, 1545
Jesuits
The Jesuits met at the Council of Trent. -
Oct 16, 1559
John Calvin
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination. -
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada. -
Henry IV
Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes. -
Slaves
Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of Triangular Trade. -
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu got France involved in the Thirty Years' War.
