Northern Renaissance

Pringting Press invented

Jan 1, 1440

a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium such as paper or cloth, by transferring the ink.

Northern Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1440 to Mar 24, 1603

The term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy.

Birth of Leonardo da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

Leanardo Da Vinci was born. His art helped bring life to the Northern Rennaissance

Lorenzo de Medici takes power in Florence

Nov 16, 1469

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

Death of Michelangelo.

Mar 6, 1475

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Dieds

King Francis I

Sep 12, 1494

King Francis I takes power in France. Governing power over France pre-reformation

Start of Reformation

Oct 26, 1517

Start of the Reformation, heavily influenced by Humanist thinking. Influenced Vastly by a monk named Martin Luther that thought the church was unjust

Death of Leonardo de Vinci.

May 2, 1519

Death of Leonardo de Vinci. His art helped bring life to the Northern Rennaissance

Süleyman

Jan 1, 1520

Süleyman “the Magnficent” takes power in the Ottoman Empire.

Death of Henry VIII

Nov 17, 1547

Henry VIII was was the King of England from the twenty-first of April 1509 to his death.

Peace between Protestants and Catholics

Nov 16, 1555

Peace of Augsburg brings legal co-existence of Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire.

Philip II

Jan 1, 1556

Philip II takes power in Spain as Charles V renounce one's throne:

Elizabeth I "Golden Age"

Nov 17, 1558

Elizabeth I succeeds to the throne in England: start of the English “Golden Age”.

Battle of Lepanto.

Oct 7, 1571

when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours.

Death of Queen Elizabeth I

Mar 24, 1603

Death of Queen Elizabeth I