world history

  • 700

    Muhammad

    Muhammad
    began the Islanmic religion
  • 1300

    gold glory and god

    gold glory and god
    was the main reasons for exploration
  • 1400

    art

    art
    was created during the italian renaissance
  • 1415

    jan huss

    jan huss
    was burned at the stake for being a heretic
  • 1440

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg
    invented the printing press
  • 1464

    songhia empire

    songhia empire
    began in africa
  • 1478

    Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile

    Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile
    started the spanish inquisition
  • 1492

    Christopher columbus

    Christopher columbus
    was sponsored by queen Isabella to sail westward to asia
  • 1494

    Line of demarcation

    Line of demarcation
    divide the claims of Portugal and Spain
  • 1498

    leonardo da vinci

    leonardo da vinci
    painted the last supper
  • 1499

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo
    sculped the pieta
  • 1500

    the hookah

    the hookah
    was invented by the muslims
  • Period: 1500 to

    middle passage and triangular

    slaves were traded along^^
  • 1512

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo
    the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
  • 1517

    martin luther

    martin luther
    martin luther nailed 95 theses to a church door
  • 1521

    pope leo X

    pope leo X
    excommunicated luther
  • 1521

    hernando cortez

    hernando cortez
    his forces overthrew the aztez empire
  • 1533

    Henry VIII of England

    Henry VIII of England
    was the leader of the anglican church
  • 1534

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII
    broke from the church in Rome and divorced his wife
  • 1534

    jacques cartier

    jacques cartier
    explored the st. Lawrence river to montreal
  • 1561

    john calvin

    john calvin
    began the idea of predestination
  • 1580

    ferdinand magellan

    ferdinand magellan
    his crew was the first to circumnavigate
  • Sir francis drake

    Sir francis drake
    Defeated the Spanish armada
  • king henry IV

    king henry IV
    issued the edict of nanted
  • Ferdinand II

    Ferdinand II
    got france involved in the 30 years war