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Jul 6, 1369
john huss
burned at stake for being a dissenter of the catholic church. -
Oct 31, 1450
Gutenberg
ivented printing press. -
Oct 29, 1453
ottoman empire
conqured istanbul and renamed it constantinople. -
Oct 31, 1485
Hernando Cortes
the navigator and his forces conquored the Aztec empire. -
Oct 29, 1492
christopher columbus
was sponsored by spain to sail west to asia. -
Jan 1, 1495
leonardo da vinci
Painted the last supper. -
Oct 31, 1497
vasco de gama
sailed established trade with India for the Portuguese. -
Oct 31, 1500
galileo
used his telescopeto prove the heliocentric theory correct. -
Oct 31, 1517
martin luther
Martin Luther nails 95 thesis to the church door in the holy roman empire -
Aug 5, 1519
ferdinand magellan
becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world. -
Jun 1, 1534
king henry vII
broke from the catholic church in rome and divorced his wife. -
Aug 15, 1534
council of trent
the jesuits were created during the council of trent. -
Oct 31, 1534
cartier
explored the st.lawrence river and Montreal leading the french claim to canada. -
Oct 31, 1541
John Calvin
beliefs established the idea of presidentation. -
spanish armada
Queen elizabth defeated the spanish armada -
queen elizabeth
became head of the anglican church. -
African slaves
was shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the americas. -
william harvy
studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circularatory system. -
thirty years war
was fought in germany -
louis the xiv
revoked the edict of nantes which gave huguenots freedom of religion in France. -
Peter the great
westernized russia -
louis 14
built the palace of versailles. -
copernicus
creates the heliocentric theory,stating the sun was the center of the universe.
