world history 2

  • Jul 6, 1369

    john huss

    john huss
    burned at stake for being a dissenter of the catholic church.
  • Oct 31, 1450

    Gutenberg

    Gutenberg
    ivented printing press.
  • Oct 29, 1453

    ottoman empire

    ottoman empire
    conqured istanbul and renamed it constantinople.
  • Oct 31, 1485

    Hernando Cortes

    Hernando Cortes
    the navigator and his forces conquored the Aztec empire.
  • Oct 29, 1492

    christopher columbus

    christopher columbus
    was sponsored by spain to sail west to asia.
  • Jan 1, 1495

    leonardo da vinci

    leonardo da vinci
    Painted the last supper.
  • Oct 31, 1497

    vasco de gama

    vasco de gama
    sailed established trade with India for the Portuguese.
  • Oct 31, 1500

    galileo

    galileo
    used his telescopeto prove the heliocentric theory correct.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    martin luther

    martin luther
    Martin Luther nails 95 thesis to the church door in the holy roman empire
  • Aug 5, 1519

    ferdinand magellan

    ferdinand magellan
    becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world.
  • Jun 1, 1534

    king henry vII

    king henry vII
    broke from the catholic church in rome and divorced his wife.
  • Aug 15, 1534

    council of trent

    council of trent
    the jesuits were created during the council of trent.
  • Oct 31, 1534

    cartier

    cartier
    explored the st.lawrence river and Montreal leading the french claim to canada.
  • Oct 31, 1541

    John Calvin

    John Calvin
    beliefs established the idea of presidentation.
  • spanish armada

    spanish armada
    Queen elizabth defeated the spanish armada
  • queen elizabeth

    queen elizabeth
    became head of the anglican church.
  • African slaves

    African slaves
    was shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the americas.
  • william harvy

    william harvy
    studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circularatory system.
  • thirty years war

    thirty years war
    was fought in germany
  • louis the xiv

    louis the xiv
    revoked the edict of nantes which gave huguenots freedom of religion in France.
  • Peter the great

    Peter the great
    westernized russia
  • louis 14

    louis 14
    built the palace of versailles.
  • copernicus

    copernicus
    creates the heliocentric theory,stating the sun was the center of the universe.