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Renaissance Timeline

By olivia sidoti
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1400

    Middle Ages

    the chatholic church ruled most of europe
  • May 8, 1343

    the Black Death

    the Black Death
    The Black Death, also called the Great Plague, was spread all over Europe and killed over 450 million.
  • Nov 30, 1350

    first dead body

    first dead body
    the first time a person saw the inside of the human body in recorded history.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Renaissance Period

    the Renaissance marked the rebirth of humanism, cultural, and art. The word "Renaissance" in itself means "rebirth"or "reconstruction". The Renaissance was a time for scintifice and financial growth in Europe.
  • Nov 11, 1440

    printing press

    printing press
    German Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
  • Jan 18, 1501

    David

    David
    the david was created in 1501 by Michelangelo
  • Apr 12, 1508

    Start of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

    Start of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
    Michelangelo painted Sistine Chapel ceiling
    between 1508 and 1512.
  • Jun 12, 1540

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Leonardo Da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy.
  • Jun 4, 1543

    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
    In 1543 Copernicus wrote De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, the sun at the center of the universe and the planets in semicorrect orbital order around it

  • Thermometer

    Thermometer
    giuseppe biancani developed the first Thermometer