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Jan 1, 1350
Renaissance Begins
Renaissance
-The Italian renaissance was a "rebirth" to the world. It began in Northern Italy, circa 1350 after the Black Death. -
Jan 1, 1377
Filippo Brunelleschi Born
Brunelleschi's Dome
-Brunelleschi was an ecccentric man. He studied ancient ruins in Rome to find inspiration. -
Jan 1, 1386
Donatello Born
Donatello
- Donatello was painter and sculptor during the renaissance. He was a key figure in the early Florence renaissance. -
Jan 1, 1445
Printing Press Invented
Renaissance Art and Literature
-The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenburg. With this mechanism people could print books, newspapers, magazines, and etc. -
Jan 1, 1445
Botticelli Born
Renaissance Art and Literature
-Botticelli was a member of the Medici family. He became rich as an artist and goldsmith. -
Jan 1, 1446
Filippo Brunelleschi Death
Brunelleschi's Dome
-Brunelleschi lived for 69 years. He created the Santa Maria del Fiore. -
Jan 1, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci Born
Renaissance Man
-Leonardo was a renaissance painter, scientist, inventor, and polymath. He was known as one of the greatest minds the world has ever created. -
Jan 1, 1466
Donatello Death
Donatello
- Donatello lived for 80 years. One of the sculptures he created was David. -
Jan 1, 1466
Erasmus Born
The Famous People of the Renaissance
-Erasmus was a Catholic theologian. he had been called the "Prince of the Humanist." -
Jan 1, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli Born
Famous People of the Renaissance
-Machiavelli was a writer, historian, diplomat, and humanist during the Italian Renaissnce. He created a new branch of political science basedon humanist principles. -
Jan 1, 1473
Nichloas Copernicus Born
The Famous People of the Renaissance
-Nicholas Copernicus was a renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric view of the universe. He teached that the earth revolved around the sun, this was opposing the established teachings of the church. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Born
Michelangelo
-Michelangelo was an Italain renaissance architect, painter, and sculptor. He created the painting of the Sistine Chapel. -
Jan 1, 1478
Thomas Moore Born
The Famous People of the Renaissance
-Thomas More was an English statesman who wrote an ideal political system. He was a social philosopher and a humanist. -
Jan 1, 1483
Raphael Born
Raphael
-Raphael was a painter during the Italian Renaissance. He was one of the three people of the high Renaissance trinity. -
Jan 1, 1483
Martin Luther Born
Martin Luther
-Martin Luther was a leader of the Protestant reformation. He wrote 95 thesis attacking the church, he said that a sin could be mitigated by paying money to the church. -
Jan 1, 1488
Titian Born
Titian
-Titian was an Italian painter. He was a member of the 16th Century Venetian School. -
Jan 1, 1504
David Created
Michelangelo's David
-David was created by micheangelo. David was a statue that represents humanism. -
Jan 1, 1509
John Calvin Born
Renaissance Art and Literature
-John Calvin was born in France. John Calvin criticized the Catholic Church. -
Jan 1, 1510
Bottecelli Death
Renaissance Art and Literature
-Botticelli was rich, but he died poor. He had painted 3 frescos in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel -
Jan 1, 1519
Leonardo Da Vinci Death
Renaissance Man
- Leonardo Da Vinci lived for 67 years. He was buried at the Chapel of Saint-Hubert, France. -
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Jan 1, 1527
Niccolo Machiavelli Death
Famous People of the Renaissance
-Niccolo lived for 58 years. His greatest work, The Prince, was an expose of political machinations. -
Jan 1, 1535
Thomas More Death
The Famous People of the Renaissance
-Thomas lived for 57 years. He was executed for not accepting Henry VII as head of the Church of England. -
Jan 1, 1536
Erasmus Death
Famous People of the Renaissance
-Erasmus liveed for exactly 70 years. Erasmus was an early advocate of religious tolerance and publicly supported a middle path between the Catholic and Protestant movements. -
Jan 1, 1541
The Last Judgement Created
Michelangelo's Last Judgement
-The Last Judgement was created by Michelangelo. Michelangelo created it when Pope Julius II died. -
Jan 1, 1543
Nicolas Copernicus Death
The Famous People of the Renaissance
Copernicus lived for exactly 70 years. Nicholas was an astronomer, physician, economist, diplomat, classic scholsr, and jurist -
Jan 1, 1546
Martin Luther Death
Martin Luther
-Martin Luther lived for 63 years. Martin Luther was a key figure in the Protestant religion. -
Jan 1, 1564
Galileo Born
The Galileo Project
-Galileo created the very first telescope. Galileo changed the understanding of the world, supporting the work of Copernicus. -
Jan 1, 1564
William Shakespeare Born
William Shakespeare
-William Shakespeare was a poet and playwright. He dealt with the english part of the renaissance -
Jan 1, 1564
John Calvin Death
Renaissance Art and Literature
- He lived for 55 years. He died in Switzerland. -
Feb 18, 1564
Michelangelo Death
Michelangelo BUONAROTTI of Florence, Painter, Sculptor and Architect
-Michelangelo died at the age of 89. He was buried at Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. -
Jan 1, 1571
Johannes Kepler Born
johannes Kepler
- Johannes Kepler was a German scientist. He played a key role in the 17th Century scientific revolution. -
Jan 1, 1576
Titian Death
Titian
-Titian lived for 88 years. He was a prolific and versatile artist, he experimented with new forms of art. -
William Shakespeare Death
William Shakespeare
-William Shakespeare lived for 52 years. His most famous works are Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet. -
Johannes Kepler Death
Famous People of the Renaissance
-Johannes Kepler lived for 59 years. He created the scientific laws of planetary movement. This had influenced Sir Issac Newton's theory of gravitation -
Galileo Death
The Galileo Project
-Galileo lived for 78 years. His work Two New Sciences created a groung work for the science of Kinetics and the strength of materials. -
Renaissance End
1500-1600: The End of the Renaissance and the Reformation
-The renaissance ended circa 1700. Italy fell and the renaissance ended.
