Renaissance Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1348

    Black Plague

    Black Plague
    The black plague was first recorded in this year
  • Jan 1, 1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

    Invention of the Printing Press
    Johannes Gutenburg inveted the printing press process
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Renaissance Begins

    This was the year that the renaissance began
  • Jan 1, 1505

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the mona lisa in this year
  • Jan 1, 1512

    Michealangelo paints the Sistine Chapel

    Michealangelo paints the Sistine Chapel
    Michaelangelo started the ceiling in 1509 and finished it in 1512
  • Oct 31, 1517

    The Posting of the 95 Theses

    The Posting of the 95 Theses
    This is when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a church door
  • Jan 1, 1524

    Peasansts War

    Peasansts War
    This is when peasants started to go against the church
  • Jan 1, 1539

    Beginning of De Soto's Expedition

    Beginning of De Soto's Expedition
    This was the beginning of his expediton
  • Jan 1, 1581

    Gunpowder Plot

    Gunpowder Plot
    Five people led by Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the house of parliament
  • Galileo Invents the Telescope

    Galileo Invents the Telescope
    Galileo Invented the telescope in this year
  • King James Version Bible Published

    King James Version Bible Published
    The first version of the king james bible was published in tlhis year
  • Shakespeare and Cervantes Die

    Shakespeare and Cervantes Die
    Both of these men died on the same day of the same year
  • Age of Monarchs

    Age of Monarchs
    This is when monarchy became huge in Europe
  • Reign of King Louis XVI- Beginning

    Reign of King Louis XVI- Beginning
    This is when King Louis XVI started his reign
  • American Revolution- Beginning

    American Revolution- Beginning
    This is when America stated our independence
  • American Revolution- End

    American Revolution- End
    This is when the Revolutionary War ended
  • Age of the Monarchs- End

    Age of the Monarchs- End
    This is when most absolute monarchies had died down
  • Age of Revolution- Beginning

    Age of Revolution- Beginning
    This is when the first revolutions against monarchs happened
  • French Revolution- Begin

    French Revolution- Begin
    This is when parliament first protested against the king
  • Publishing The Rights of Man

    Thomas Paine wrote The Rights of Man in this year
  • Published The Rights of Man

    Thomas Paine published his book
  • Reign of King Louis XVI- End

    Reign of King Louis XVI- End
    This is when King Louis XVI was overthrown
  • French Revolution- End

    French Revolution- End
    This is the year King Louis XVI was sentenced to death
  • Invention of the Sewing Machine

    Invention of the Sewing Machine
    Elise How inventede the first patented american can opener on this date
  • Beginning of the Potato Famine

    Beginning of the Potato Famine
    This is when the potato famine stsrted
  • Age of Revolution- End

    Age of Revolution- End
    This is when most of the revolutions had already occured
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on this date
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    This is when Allied forces drove back German forces on the shore of Normanbdy, France
  • Enola Gay drops the bomb

    Enola Gay drops the bomb
    This is when the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb