Rose's Renaissance Timeline

THE RENAISSANCE

Period: Mar 9, 1300 to Feb 26, 1650

Contest for new doors on catherdral are held.

Apr 12, 1401

The wool manufacturers' guild held a contest to who could create the best doors. 23 year old goldsmith Lorenzo Ghiberti wins.

Brunelleschi completed his dome

Mar 9, 1436

Brunelleschi, an architect, completed his 370 foot dome, that hadn't been made since the Roman times.

Leonardo Da Vinci creates the Mona Lisa

Mar 10, 1503

Michelangelo completed his painting of the Sistine Chapel.

May 13, 1512

Machiavelli writes a book of advice to rules

Jun 3, 1513

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book of advice to rulers stating that to succeed in the world you have to be as strong as a lion and as shrewd as a fox.

William Gilbert tries to map the surface markings on the moon.

Mar 10, 1590

Astronomer William Gilbert tries to prove his theory of magnetism, and that the motion of the skies were due to Earth's rotation.

Galileo Galilei created a new telescope

Mar 10, 1609

Galileo Galilei created a telescope with 30x magnification, and with it, he could observe starts and planets.

William Harvey publishes his book on the circulation of the blood.

Mar 10, 1628

Robert Hooke writes the book "MIcrographia"

Jul 31, 1665

Robert Hooke writes the book "MIcrographia" about his microscopic and telescopic observations.

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek creates a microscope..

Mar 11, 1674

Lens grinder, Anton van Leeuwenhoek has a microscope so powerful he could see microorganisms