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570 BCE
Muhammad began the Islamic religion
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1 BCE
Numeral system was invented by Muslims
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1375
The Songhai empire began in africa
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1400
Gold, God, Glory were the three main reasons for exploration
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1415
Jan huss was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
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1420
The style of painting was created during Italian Renaissance
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1440
Gutenberg invented the printing press
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1478
Isabella I started the Spanish inquisition
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1492
Christopher Columbus was sponsored by queen Isabella to sail westward to reach Asia.
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1493
The line of demarcation divided the claims of Portugal and Spain
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1495
Leonardo da vinci painted the last supper
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1499
Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta
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1508
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of Sistine chapel
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1517
Martin Luther nailed 95 these to a church door
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe
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1521
Hernando cortez led the defeat of the aztec
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1521
Hernando Cortez and his forces overthrew the Aztec empire.
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1521
Pope Leo x excommunicated Martin Luther
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1524
The ottoman empire was established in China
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1526
The mughal empire began in northern India
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1533
Henry viii broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife
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1534
Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France
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1536
John Calvin established the idea of predestination
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1536
John Calvin developed the idea of predestination
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1545
Followers of catholic church met at the council of Trent
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Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada.
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Henry iv issued the edict of nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu got involved in thirty years' war
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Slaves were shipped along the middle passage of triangular trade
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Catherine of Aragon became head of Anglican church