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May 14, 1400
Renaissance
RenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historic era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform across Europe, this is a general use of the term. -
May 14, 1409
Council of Pisa
Council of PisaThe Council of Pisa was an unrecognized ecumenical conference of the Roman Catholic Church held in 1409 that attempted to end the Western Schism. Instead of ending the Western Schism, the Council elected a third papal claimant, Alexander V, who would be succeeded by John XXIII. -
May 15, 1435
Donatello's David is completed
'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatello' >donatello</a>Donatello was a famous early Renaissance Italian artist and sculptor from Florence. He is, in part, known for his work in basso rilievo, a form of shallow relief sculpture that, in Donatello's case, incorporated significant 15th-century developments in perspectival illusionism.Donatello was the son of Niccolo di Betto Bardi, who was a member of the Florentine Wool Combers Guild, and was born in Florence, most likely in 1386. Donatello was educated in the house of the Martelli family. -
May 15, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de Medici
Lorenzo de MediciLorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
Fall of ConstantinopleThe Fall of Constantinople was a siege in which the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II attempted to capture the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople which was defended by the army of Emperor Constantine XI. The siege lasted from Thursday, 5 April 1453 until Tuesday, 29 May 1453 when the city fell to the Ottomans. The event marked the end of the political independence of the millennium-old Byzantine Empire. -
May 11, 1455
War of the Roses
War of the RosesThe Wars of the Roses were a series of bloody dynastic civil wars between supporters of the rival houses of Lancaster and York, for the throne of England. They are generally accepted to have been fought in several spasmodic episodes between 1455 and 1487 (although there was related fighting both before and after this period.) The war ended with the victory of the Lancastrian Henry Tudor, who founded the House of Tudor which subsequently ruled England and Wales for 116 years. -
May 14, 1498
Vasco da Gama reaches India
Vasco da Gama reaches IndiaVasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. -
May 13, 1502
Spain Conquers Naples
Spain Conquers NaplesLouis XII took over when Charles VIII died. He marched into Italy can took over Milan and Genoa. Him and Ferdinand I of Spain came to an agreement in which they would work together to conquer Naples and divide it in half. They very easily conquered the city-state in 1502. A year later, in 1503, the French and Spanish started fighting over all of Naples. The Spanish came out victorious, forcing the French out, once again. The French still controled the two city-states, Milan and Genoa. -
May 14, 1506
Construction of Basilica
Construction of BasilicaThe Basilica of Saint Peter officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people.[1] It is regarded as one of the holiest Christian sites and has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom". -
May 6, 1527
Imperial Troops Sack Rome
Imperial Troops Sack RomeThe Sack of Rome on 6 May 1527, carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, marked a crucial imperial victory in the conflict between Charles I of Spain Holy Roman Emperor, and the League of Cognac the alliance of France, Milan, Venice, Florence and the Papacy. -
Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_ArcSaint Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, claiming divine guidance, and was indirectly responsible for the coronation of Charles VII. She was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court, and burned at the stake when she was nineteen years old. -
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the renaissance man, a man whose unquenchable curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
