Koenig Renaissance Timeline

Koenig- Renaissance Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Dec 31, 1600

A timeline of the Renaissance and the impact on Europe

Francesco Petrarca death

Jul 19, 1374

Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet during the early Italian Renaissance who was one of the earliest humanists

Filippo Brunelleschi Born

Jan 1, 1377

Filippo Brunelleschi, considered to be a founding father of Renaissance architecture

Birth of Lorenzo Ghiberti

Jan 1, 1378

an artist during the renaissance

Donatello is born

Jan 1, 1386

Another influential sculptor is born

Francesco Foscari becoes 65th doge

Apr 15, 1423

Francecos reign was the longest reign in Venetian history. It lasted 34 years 6 months and 8 days.

Cosimo Medici takes over the bank

Jan 1, 1429

After his father died Cosimo Took overrule as the head of the bank. Soon after he gained power he was able to lead the city.

Siege of orleans

Jan 1, 1429

Joan of arc ends an 100 year between england and france

The printing press

Jan 1, 1440

The printing press helped created books to get around Europe during the renaissance. It also led to the creation of the Gutenberg bible since Gutenberg himself invented the press

Filippo Brunelleschi

Apr 15, 1446

was an Italian architect and designer, recognized to be the first modern engineer, planner, and sole construction supervisor

Donatello dies

Dec 13, 1446

another influential painter is gone from the renaissance

Pope Nicholas V To be The Throne

Mar 6, 1447

The pope helped Rome become the renaissance city that it was today.

Lorenzo de medici born

Jan 1, 1449

Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy

Da Vinci is born

Apr 15, 1452

Da vinci was soon to become one of the most influential artists in the renaissance time period.

Gutenberg bible printed

Oct 22, 1455

The Gutenberg bible was one of the first books to be printed. and it gave people a religion to follow

Death of Lorenzo Ghiberti

Dec 1, 1455

another influential artist has passed away

Cosimo Medici dies

Aug 1, 1464

Cosimo medici was the head of the family that ruled over italy

Nicolaus Copernicus

Feb 19, 1473

A famous mathematician during the renaissance

Michaelangelo is born

Mar 6, 1475

soon to become one of the most influential sculptors

Spanish inquistion begins

Nov 1, 1478

The Reconquest of Spain by the Christian Spaniards the leaders of Spain needed a way to unify the country into a strong nation.

Sandro Botticelli paints Birth of Venus

Jan 1, 1486

Painting Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman

Lorenzo de medici death

Apr 8, 1492

Also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets. As well as losing a soon to be ruler of italy

Columbus Discovers the americas

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus has found the very place that we live on today

Medici family are forced out

Jan 1, 1494

The Medici family did so much to help rome and become the place it is today. then they are forced out of Rome because people started to believe good faith.

Michelangelo makes the Pietà

Jan 1, 1498

The Pietà is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome

The last supper is finsished by da vinci

Jan 1, 1498

The most famous pictue is now finished

Raphael paints The School of Athens

Jan 1, 1509

One of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael

Niccolo Machiavelli makes The Prince

Jan 1, 1513

The prince was written after Niccolo was forced to leave Florence for a political exile. the book is mainly saying how to keep and gain political power

Utopia

Jan 1, 1516

Thomas more uses utopia to spread the worst possible thing that could happen to soceity.

Start of European Wars of Religion

Jan 1, 1517

The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe from ca. 1524 to 1648, following the onset of the Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther Nails the 95 theses on the door of the Witherburg Church

Oct 31, 1517

Martin Luther challenges the traditional practices of the church and Pope Leo the X. Luther believed that a person wealth should not impact their status of the afterlife.

Leonardo Da Vinci Death

May 2, 1519

Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most influential artists of the Italian renaissance. He contributed to so much work of the renaissance

Da Vinci Dies

May 2, 1519

Leonardo da vinci was a very influential artist who died and it took its toll on the people

Brunelleschi invents linear perspective

Jan 1, 1520

Brunelleschi is famous for two panel paintings using optical linear perspective made in the early 1400s

Rapheal is born

Apr 6, 1520

Rapheal came to be one of the most famous painters

Rapheal dies

Apr 6, 1520

One of the most most famous painters at the time has died

Ivan the Terrible is born

Aug 25, 1530

van was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 until his death. His long reign saw the conquest of the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia but had mental illness and a bad temper

Henry the 8th

Jan 1, 1533

Henry the 8th wa ex comminucated from the churches because he got a divorce without permission from church

Michel de montaigne born

Feb 28, 1533

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance

Jesuit Order founded by Ignatius Loyola

Aug 1, 1534

Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus). The Jesuits were one of the major spearheads of the Counter-Reformation.

Desiderius Erasmus Death

Jul 12, 1536

Desiderius Erasmus was a vital part of the catholic church. He was a catholic priest and a Humanist as well. Desiderius Erasmus was a major part of the catholic church ad we had died the curch lost someone special

Scientific Revolution / Copernicus

Jan 1, 1543

The Enlightenment. It was sparked by the publication in 1543 of two works that changed the course of science: Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

Nicolaus Copernicus dies

May 24, 1543

the Italian region lost another influential person in this time where they need these people to help them prosper

Spain declares Bankruptcy for the first time

Jan 1, 1557

Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557,

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I

Jan 15, 1559

Elizabeth had inherited the throne from her half-sister Mary I, who had died on the 17th November 1558.

Galileo Galilei

Feb 15, 1564

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer,

Michaelangelo dies

Feb 18, 1564

the influetial sculpor has died.

William Shakespeare Born

Apr 1, 1564

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist

Saint Bartholomew Massacre

Aug 24, 1572

The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence

Michel de Montaigne death

Sep 13, 1592

His work was noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight.

Edict of Nantes

Apr 13, 1598

Issued by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity