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Jan 1, 1348
Black Death
Black Death was a disease called Yersinia Pestis that fleas carried and got spread by rats. many people died from this disease. -
Aug 3, 1492
1st Voyage of Columbus
Columbus departed Spain on August 3, 1492. He had 3 ships, La Nina, La Pinta, and la Santa Maria, Columbus was in command la Santa Maria but La Pinta was captained by Martin Alonso Pinzon and La nina by Vicente yanez pinzon. -
Jan 1, 1499
Naming of the " New World"
The New World was named after Amerigo Vespucci in 1499. -
Jan 1, 1504
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
The Mona Lisa is an oil painting created by Leonardo DaVinci. This painting was done in 1504. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
Martin Luther tried to stop corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the indulgences. He gained popularity and soon started to have a lot of people protecting him from the church. The church excommunicated him shortly after they realized that the people were taking his side instead of the church's side. -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
in 1519 a Portuguese explorer named Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain with 5 ships to discover a western sea route. He discovered what is known as the Strait of Magellan. Even though he wasn't the first to explore the world, he is known as the first man to explore the entire world -
Aug 29, 1533
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro arrived in Peru November 15, with approximately 180 men ad 37 horses. He met with Atahualpa, the Emperor of the Incas, and tried to introduce the religion of Catholicism by handing Atahualpa the Bible, he had never seen a Bible in his life so he put it up to his ear and waited for the book to give him the answers he wanted, after not receiving answers he threw the Bible to the ground in frustration. Pizarro then, proceeded to kill him. -
Jan 1, 1545
Council of Trent
Was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. This was a protestant demand for a thorough reformation of the church -
Slave trade across the Atlantic
Europeans would trade people from Africa across the atlantic to make them slaves. All of the European powers were involved in this but the British were the ones that were more involved in this. -
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