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Jul 6, 1415
John huss is bruned at the stake
he was burned because he was a dissenter of the catholic church -
Oct 31, 1450
gutenburg invents the printing press
help spred words and make muliple copies of books -
Oct 27, 1492
christopher clumbus is sponsered to sail west
he sailed west to reach asia -
Oct 27, 1495
da vinci paints "the last supper"
started it in 1495 and finished it in 1498 -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama
sailes and establishes trade with india fot the portugese -
Oct 31, 1517
martin luther nails 95 thesis on the church door
holy roman empire (germany) -
Oct 31, 1519
ferdinand magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world
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Aug 13, 1521
cortes (the navigator) and his forces conquer the aztecs
it began febuary 1519 -
Aug 31, 1534
the jesuits
were created during the council of trent -
Oct 27, 1534
king Henry the 8th brakes from catholic church
broke from catholic church to divorced his wife -
Oct 31, 1534
Jacques cartier
he explores the st. Louis river and Montreal leading the french to claim canada, from 1534 to 1542 -
Oct 31, 1536
John calvin
establishes the idea of predestination -
Oct 29, 1545
followers of catholic faith met at the council of trent
was held between 1545 and 1563 -
May 29, 1553
ottomans conquer constantinople
they renamed it istanbul -
Queen Elizabeth the 1st defeted the spanish armada
she defets the spanish armada -
galileo uses his telescope
he uses it to prove the heliocentric theory correct -
Nicholas capernicus creates the haliocentic theroy
stating the sun was the center of the universe -
William harvey
studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and cirulatory system, his work wasnt published till 1628 -
The 30 years war
was fought from 1618 to 1648 in northern europe, it was fought between the catholics and protastants -
King Louie the xiv
builds the palace of versailles -
king louie the xiv revokes the edict of nantes
it gave the Huguenots the freedom of religion in france -
peter the great
he westernizes russia -
african slaves were shipped
they were shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the americas -
Queen Elizabeth becomes head of the anglican church
