-
130 BCE
Silk routes
emerged connecting trade between Mediterranean basin and Asia -
100 BCE
Paper invented
by the Chinese -
33
Jesus
became founder of the catholic faith -
600
Mohammed
founded islam -
1240
the Songhai empire
established in Africa -
1300
the renaissance
begins in the Italian city-states and moves north -
1307
The Inquisition
used to reinforce christian doctrine -
1372
John Wycliffe
argued the bible was the highest authority, not the pope -
1415
Jan Huss
burned at the stake for being a heretic -
1438
The Hapsburg family
becomes the most powerful family in the world -
1439
Johannes Gutenburg
invented the printing press -
1453
the ottoman empire
spread to Africa, the middle east, and southern Europe -
1495
Leonardo da Vinci
painted the last supper -
1499
Michelangelo
builds the Pieta -
1501
Michelangelo
sculpted the statue of david -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
painted the Mona Lisa -
1509
John Calvin
developed the idea of predestination -
1512
Michelangelo
painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel -
1517
Martin Luther
nailed 95 theses to a church door -
1521
Henry VIII
breaks from the church in Rome and divorces -
1521
pope leo X
excommunicated martin luther -
1526
the Mughal Empire
began in northern India -
1534
the Jesuits
spread the catholic faith -
1534
Henry VIII
became the head of the Anglican church -
1545
Catholic leaders
met at the council of Trent -
1577
Elizabeth I
sponsored sir Francis Drake's exploration to the new world -
Queen Elizabeth I
defeated Phillip II's Spanish armada -
Henry IV
issued the edict of Nantes -
Cardinal Richelieu
got France in the 30 year's war -
Erasmus
spread the idea of humanism
