World History Timelime

John Huss was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic Church.

Oct 27, 1415

He initiated a reform movement based on idea of John Wycliff.

Prince Henry found the school of navigation

Oct 29, 1418

It was the first school where you could be trained in navigation and map making.

Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passafe of the Triangular Trade to the Americas

Oct 29, 1450

This started the act of slavery and the buying/selling of people for items. The triangular trade started the trade of agricultural products and slaves from Africa, Americas, and England

Gutenburg invented the printing press

Oct 31, 1450

This helped spread knowledge and religion.

The Ottomans conquered Instanbul and renamed it Constantinople.

Oct 27, 1453

Ottoman empire emerged as a political and economical powerhouse.

Christopher Columbus' first voyage was sponsered by Spain to sail west and reach Asia

Oct 27, 1492

He found the Americas and opened the way for colonization.

Vasco da Gama established trade with India for the Portuguese

Oct 31, 1497

Portugese were able to trade goods with India.

Leonardo Di Vinci painted the Last Supper

Oct 27, 1498

The style of art during the Ranissance was a new style that included perspective.

Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly.

Oct 27, 1509

It is a very important example of Renaissance Humanism.

Martin Luther wrote the 95 Thesis.

Oct 31, 1517

The 95 Thesis started the Protestant Reformation.

Cortes the Navigator and his forces conquered the Aztec empire

Oct 29, 1519

Aztec Empire was destroyed, but this led to colonization.

Magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate around the world

Oct 29, 1522

This led other people to want to sail and possible colonize around the world.

Pizzaro conquered the Incas

Oct 29, 1532

The Inca culture was destroyed because of European diseases and war.

King Henry VIII broke from Catholic Church in Rome and divorced his wife.

Oct 27, 1534

This was important because it dismissed the pope's authority.

Jacques Cartier ecplored the St. Lawrence River and Montreal leading the French Claim to Canada

Oct 31, 1534

He colonized the French and opened more trading routes.

The Jesuits were created during the

Oct 31, 1534

Helped aid in the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

John Calvin beliefs established the idea of predestination

Oct 31, 1538

It was an example of modern thinking.

Copernicus created the heliocentric theory

Oct 29, 1543

This gave the idea that the Sun was the center of the solar system, not the Earth.

Followers of the Roman Catholic Church met at the Council of Trent

Oct 29, 1545

The Council of Trent played an important part in the Catholic Reformation.

Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada

Oct 27, 1588

Defeating the Spanish Armada allowed English from being converted back to Catholocism.

Queen Elizabeth I became head of Anglican Church

Oct 29, 1588

The Act of Supremacy passed, giving the leader more power then the church.

Galileo Galilei

Oct 29, 1609

He proved the theory that all the planets revolve around the Sun.

Kepler discovers planetary motion

Oct 31, 1609

He correctly defined the orbits of the planets.

William Harvey studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system

Oct 31, 1615

He created the first accurate theory on bodily systems and provided knowledge of those systems to others.

Thirty Years Way was fought in Germany

Oct 27, 1648

This caused a shift in power from Rome and religion to more secular-based nations.

Oliver Cromwell wins the English Civil war and executes Charles I

Oct 31, 1651

This si the first time a king had been publicly trialed and executed like an average person.

King Louis XIV builds the Palace of Versialles

Oct 31, 1682

This becomes a symbol of his absolute power.

Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nates

Oct 27, 1685

This caused the Hugoenots to leave France. Hugoenots were very important in business.

William and Mary rule England after Glorious Revolution

Oct 29, 1689

William and Mary's English Bill of Rights influenced the Americasto go against King James II.

John Locke wrote Two Treaties on Government

Oct 31, 1689

It changed people's views.

Peter the Great westernized Russia

Oct 27, 1692

He changes eastern culture.

Montesquieu writes the Spirit of Laws

Oct 31, 1748

It was a treatise on political theory and it influenced other people's works.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes the Social Contract

Oct 31, 1762

It is a thoery that allows people to question the origin of political legitimacy.