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Jan 1, 1347
The Black Plague wipes through Europe
The Black Plaque was extreamly important to the Renaissance because it was the event that started the whole thing. -
Jan 1, 1417
– 36: Brunelleschi works on dome
Brunelleschi was hired by the Medchi family to build/ finish the Florence Cathedral. -
Jan 1, 1419
French conquer Milan
This event was improtant because it opend up a bigger passage for the Renaissance ideas to flow to France. -
Jan 1, 1445
Gutenberg invented the printing press
This event meant a lot because it made books more common, so the want to know how to read increased. -
Jan 1, 1452
Birth of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci would become "The Renaissance Man". He was an inventor, sculpter, and an artist. -
Jan 1, 1454
The Gutenberg Bible published
This was one of the first books that was massed prodouced, this meant that more people could get a hold of it in their own language. -
Jan 1, 1505
Leonardo's Mona Lisa was painted
This painting would one day be the most well known painting in the world. -
Jan 1, 1524
Raphael: Donation of Constantine
Raphael was another really important painter and an architect of the High Renaissance. -
Jan 1, 1541
Michelangelo: The Last Judgement
Michelangelo was a really important painter to the Renaisance as well. He was the first one to use the "Fresco" method of painting big scale. -
Shakespeare: Hamlet
Shakespeare was popular because people in his time didnt find any importance in learing how to read so when they went to his plays they could expirence "reading".
