HISTORY    -    0  - 1600
Date Event
325 Council of Nicea (Constantine) defines Christianity
476 W. Roman Empire ends - Odoacer, German
600 Windmill - Persia
600 Zero (Numeral) - India
622 Muhammad - Hegira
700 Gunpowder - China
700 Block Printing - Japan
732 Tours Battle - Charles Martel, Frankish, defeats Arabs
855 Russia founded - Prince Rurik, Viking - Novograd
1054 Eastern-Orthodox & Western Church Christian Split
1325 Renaissance starts
1400 Type Printing - Korea
1450 Type Printing - Gutenberg
1453 Byzantine Empire ends
1475 Rifle - Muzzle Load
1492 Columbus "discovers" Americas
1500 Spinning Wheel
1513 Balboa "discovers" Pacific Ocean
1517 Protestants begin - Martin Luther
1522 Juan Sebastian del Cano circumnavigates Earth
1532 Pizarro, Spain, Kills Inca Chief, Atahualpa
1535 Henry VII, heads England Church, renounces Catholics
1543 Copernicus - Heliocentric Theory
1543 Human Anatomy - Andreas Vesalius
1546 Contagion Theory - Girolamo Fracastoro
1558 Elizabeth, England Queen restores Protestants
1572 Modern Star Catalogue - Tycho Brahe
1582 Gregorian Calendar- Pope Gregory XIII
1583 Plant Classification - Andrea Cesalpino
1588 England defeats Spanish Armada
1590 Falling Body Law - Galileo Galilei
1592 Microscope - Zacharias Janssen
1593 Thermometer - Galileo Galilei