Renaissance Timeline

  • Sep 16, 1347

    Black Death

    Black Death
    Black Death ravages Europe for the first time.
  • Nov 11, 1347

    black death picture 2

    black death picture 2
  • Jan 1, 1429

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc
    Joan of Arc leads French to break English siege of Orleans.
  • Nov 11, 1429

    joan of arc picture

    joan of arc picture
  • Nov 5, 1455

    War of Roses

    War of Roses
    Wars of the Roses
  • Nov 11, 1455

    war of roses picture

    war of roses picture
  • Nov 5, 1469

    Lorenzo de Medici

    Lorenzo de Medici
    Lorenzo de Medici “The Magnificent”, takes power in Florence; his rule is considered the high point of the Florentine Renaissance.
  • Nov 11, 1469

    Lorenzo de Medinci Picture

    Lorenzo de Medinci Picture
  • Nov 5, 1504

    Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”

    Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”
    Leonardo paints "The Mona Lisa"
  • Nov 11, 1504

    Leonardo De Vinci Picture

    Leonardo De Vinci Picture
  • Nov 5, 1509

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII
    Henry VIII succeeds to power in England.
  • Nov 11, 1509

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII
  • Nov 5, 1525

    Battle of Pavia

    Battle of Pavia
  • Nov 11, 1525

    Battle of pativa picture

    Battle of pativa picture
  • Nov 5, 1553

    Mary Tudor

    Mary Tudor
    Mary Tudor becomes queen of england
  • Nov 11, 1553

    Mary Tudor Picture

    Mary Tudor Picture
  • Nov 5, 1558

    “Golden Age”

    “Golden Age”
    Elizabeth I succeeds to the throne in England: start of the English “Golden Age”.
  • Nov 11, 1558

    Golden Age Picture

  • Shakespeare: Hamlet.

    Shakespeare: Hamlet.
    Shakespeare writes Hamlet.
  • Shakespeare's Hamlet Picture

    Shakespeare's Hamlet Picture
  • Civil War

    Civil War
    The Civil War begins
  • Civil War

    Civil War