Kristen's Renaissance Timeline

By Miss K
  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1350

    Middle Ages

  • Period: Mar 11, 1001 to Mar 11, 1350

    High Middle Ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1350 to

    Renaissance time period

  • Brunelleschi contructs Dome
    Jan 1, 1420

    Brunelleschi contructs Dome

    Finished in 1436, Brunelleschi contructed the dome o top of the Florence Cathedral
  • Nicholaus Copernicus
    Jan 1, 1497

    Nicholaus Copernicus

    Discovered that the planets revolve around the Sun, and not the Earth.
  • Perspective
    Mar 11, 1500

    Perspective

    Brunelleschi used perspective in his paintings in the 15th century
  • Statue of David
    Mar 11, 1501

    Statue of David

    Michelangelo started his sculpure in 1501 and finished in 1504
  • Mona Lisa
    Jan 1, 1503

    Mona Lisa

    Leonardo Da Vinci started painting the Mona Lisa in 1503, and finished in 1507.
  • Galileo Galilei
    Jan 1, 1581

    Galileo Galilei

    He designed the pendulum clock, after noticing a swinging lamp in the Cathedral of Pisa.

  • Galileo telescope

    Galileo points his stongest and most powerful telescope towards the sky for the first time, discovering mountains and deep valleys on the Moon.

  • William Harvey

    Developed the theory of how blood circulates in a human's body

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit

    Invented the mercury thermometer, the modern thermometer
    (In degrees Fahrenheit)
  • The Sistine Chapel ceiling

    The Sistine Chapel ceiling

    Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for four years(1508-1512). Since it was the ceiling, he had to paint upside down!