world history 2

  • john huss
    Jul 6, 1369

    john huss

    burned at stake for being a dissenter of the catholic church.
  • Gutenberg
    Oct 31, 1450

    Gutenberg

    ivented printing press.
  • ottoman empire
    Oct 29, 1453

    ottoman empire

    conqured istanbul and renamed it constantinople.
  • Hernando Cortes
    Oct 31, 1485

    Hernando Cortes

    the navigator and his forces conquored the Aztec empire.
  • christopher columbus
    Oct 29, 1492

    christopher columbus

    was sponsored by spain to sail west to asia.
  • leonardo da vinci
    Jan 1, 1495

    leonardo da vinci

    Painted the last supper.
  • vasco de gama
    Oct 31, 1497

    vasco de gama

    sailed established trade with India for the Portuguese.
  • galileo
    Oct 31, 1500

    galileo

    used his telescopeto prove the heliocentric theory correct.
  • martin luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    martin luther

    Martin Luther nails 95 thesis to the church door in the holy roman empire
  • ferdinand magellan
    Aug 5, 1519

    ferdinand magellan

    becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world.
  • king henry vII
    Jun 1, 1534

    king henry vII

    broke from the catholic church in rome and divorced his wife.
  • council of trent
    Aug 15, 1534

    council of trent

    the jesuits were created during the council of trent.
  • cartier
    Oct 31, 1534

    cartier

    explored the st.lawrence river and Montreal leading the french claim to canada.
  • John Calvin
    Oct 31, 1541

    John Calvin

    beliefs established the idea of presidentation.
  • spanish armada

    spanish armada

    Queen elizabth defeated the spanish armada
  • queen elizabeth

    queen elizabeth

    became head of the anglican church.
  • African slaves

    African slaves

    was shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the americas.
  • william harvy

    william harvy

    studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circularatory system.
  • thirty years war

    thirty years war

    was fought in germany
  • louis the xiv

    louis the xiv

    revoked the edict of nantes which gave huguenots freedom of religion in France.
  • Peter the great

    Peter the great

    westernized russia
  • louis 14

    louis 14

    built the palace of versailles.
  • copernicus

    copernicus

    creates the heliocentric theory,stating the sun was the center of the universe.