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Oct 27, 1415
John Huss was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the catholic church
John Huss went against rule of the church and was burned alive -
Oct 31, 1439
Guttenburg invented the printing press
The printing press would be revolutionary for literature and writing all alike -
Oct 31, 1453
Ottomans conquered Istanbul and renamed it to Constatinople
The Ottomans captured Istanbul and made it their own city -
Oct 31, 1473
Copernicus creates the Heliocentric Theory, stated the sun was center of universe
Copernicus produced a new thoery about our universe -
Oct 31, 1492
Colombus was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia
Columbus sailed west and reached North America instead of Asia -
Oct 27, 1495
Martin Luther nails the 95 thesis to the church door in the Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Martin Luther was angered with the church because of the selling of indulgences. He then wrote 95 thesis and nailed them to the church. -
Oct 31, 1498
Da Gama established trade with India for Portugal
Vasco Da Gama created a new trade route for Portugal -
Oct 31, 1519
Magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe -
Oct 27, 1520
Da Vinci painted The Last Supper
Da Vinci painted a depitction of The Last Supper -
Oct 31, 1521
Hernando Cortez and his forces conquered the Aztecs
Cortez defeats the Aztecs and takes over their capital -
Oct 27, 1533
King Henry The 8th broke fromthe Catholic church in Rome and divorced his wife
King Henry divorced his wife because she had yet to give him a heir to the throne -
Oct 31, 1534
Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River and Montreal leading the French Claim to Canada
Jaques Cartier led France to lay claim to Canada -
Oct 31, 1536
John Calvin beliefs established the ideas of predestination
John Calvin presents his new religous idea and theories -
Oct 31, 1540
The Jesuits were created during the Council of Trent
The jesuits were created and established -
Oct 31, 1545
Followers of the Catholic Church met at the Council of Trent
The Council of Trent meets to discuss the Church -
Oct 31, 1558
Queen Elizabeth 1 becomes head of the Anglican Church
Queen Elizabeth takes head of the English Church -
Queen Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada
Queen Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish -
African Slaves were shipped along the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade to the Americas
African Slaves were used in the new Americas -
Galileo uses his telescope to prove the Heliocentric Theory
Galileo proves Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory -
The Thirty Years War was fought in Germany
The Thirty Years war started -
Louis the 14th revoked the Edict of Nantes which gave Huguenots freedom of religion in France
Th Edict of Nantes was revoked, which in turn did not give Huguenots religous freedom -
William Harvey studies the animal anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system
Harvey published a book on his final theory of the animal anatomy -
Louis builds the Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles is completed -
Peter The Great westernized Russia
Russia is westernized
