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the chinese invented paper
the chinese invented most of the worlds things -
Nov 19, 700
Muhammad began the islamic religon
started in the 7th century and is still going on to this day -
Nov 19, 1440
Bi sheng invented the printing press
device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium -
Nov 17, 1492
columbus was sponsored by queen isabella to sail westward to reach asia
acidentally found america -
Aug 16, 1498
leonardo painted the last supper
to this day the last supper is an amazing peice of art -
Nov 17, 1498
Michelangelo sculpted the pieta
work of Renaissance sculpture -
Nov 3, 1517
martin luther nailed 95 theses to a church door
Luther nailed a list of 95 Thesis on the church door, outlining his frustration with the current Church corruption -
Nov 19, 1519
megelian crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe
took him 3 years to circle the globe -
Nov 19, 1521
herman cortes overthrew the aztec empire
The conquest must be understood within the context of Spanish patterns on the Iberian Peninsula -
Nov 19, 1530
Henry VIII became head of the anglican church
broke with Rome to secure an annulment -
Nov 19, 1534
cartier explored the St. Lawrence river to montreal for france
first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec -
Nov 19, 1538
the jesuits were created during the italian renaissance
he Jesuits played a very important role in the Counter-Reformation -
Nov 19, 1550
juiliuses followers met at the council of trent
There were those popes who were the opposite and were truly interested in moving forward the Catholic Church -
Nov 19, 1561
john calvin developed the idea of predestination
double predestination because in it God predestines some people for salvation -
francis drake deafeated the spainish armada
there are some facts against him actually not defeating the spainsh armada -
henry IV issued teh edict of nantes
It had granted the Calvinist Protestants -
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II involved in the thirty years' war
a very bloody battle -
jews were burned at the stake for being a heretic
just for being a jew you would be burned -
tobacco were shipepd along the middle pasage of triangluar trade
rum, sugar, and many different things were shipped through the triangular trade