Northern Renaissance Timeline

By beth.canales
  • Invention of the Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenburg created the first printing press. This was a great technological advancement. It had a great effect on the Protestant reformation.
  • The fall of Constantinople
    May 28, 1453

    The fall of Constantinople

    After a 1,129 year rein the empire falls due to attacks from the Byzantium army.
  • Sheet music
    Jan 1, 1476

    Sheet music

    Sheet music began to be printed.
  • Spanish inquisition starts
    Jan 1, 1478

    Spanish inquisition starts

    Although the inquistion had been around since 1231, it only because a byword for terror and toture in 1478. This was when Dominican priest Tomás de Torquemada was appointed grand inquistor.
  • Oil-glazing technique invented
    Jan 1, 1500

    Oil-glazing technique invented

    Jan Van Eyck invented the oil-glazing technique. This was a great achievement in art.
  • Martin Luther hung his 95 Theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther hung his 95 Theses

    Martin Luther hung his 95 these on the door of the Castle church in Wittenburg.
  • Sack of Rome
    Jan 1, 1527

    Sack of Rome

    Destruction of Rome by a mercanary Landsknecht army of Hapsburg Spanish King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
  • The Counter-Reformation
    Jan 1, 1545

    The Counter-Reformation

    At the council of Trent the Catholic Church decides that the Reformation needs to stop. So they used Jesuits to expand the inquisition.
  • William Shakespeare was born
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare was born

    William Shakespear was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. He was baptized on April 26th, 1564. We like to believe that he was born on April 23rd, but no one is really sure.
  • Death of Elizabeth 1

    Death of Elizabeth 1

    Queen Elizabeth 1 of England dies after 44 years of rule. King James IV of Scottland takes the throne.