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Jul 13, 1397
Founding Medici bank
Founding Medici bank The Medicis had long been involved in banking at a high level, maintaining their status as a respectably upper class and notably wealthy family who derived their money from land holdings in the Mugello region towards the Apennines, north of Florence. -
May 13, 1400
Renaissance
Renaissance link The 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. -
Jul 2, 1408
Council of Pisa
The Council of Pisa was an unrecognized ecumenical conference of the Roman Catholic Church held in 1409 that attempted to end the Western Schism. council of pisa -
Sep 3, 1414
Council of Constance
The Council of Constance is the 16th ecumenical council recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418. Council of Constance -
Apr 16, 1440
donateo's david
Donatello's bronze statue of David is notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast during the Renaissance period, and the first freestanding nude male sculpture made since antiquity. It created a sensation when it was first shown, due to its portrayal of the nude young male. Donatello's david is complete -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto[1] ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Lorenzo de' Medici -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo da vinci -
Aug 17, 1455
war of the roses
The 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. War of the roses -
Aug 16, 1492
Santo Domingo founded
Santo Domingo Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Taíno people populated the island they called Quisqueya (mother of all lands) and Ayiti (land of high mountains), which Columbus named Hispaniola. -
Nov 21, 1506
The Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population. Roman catholic church -
May 6, 1527
Imperial troops sack rome
The 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 (1526–1529) — the alliance of France, Milan, Venice, Florence and the Papacy. Sack of rome -
Apr 5, 1543
Fall of constantinople
The 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. fall of constantinople -
