Northern Renaissance Timeline

  • Invention of the Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

    A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print,then transfers the ink to paper.
  • Hundrer Years' War Ends
    Jul 17, 1453

    Hundrer Years' War Ends

    Battle of Castillon: Jean Bureau defeats Talbot to end the Hundred Years' War. This was also the first battle in European history where the use of cannon was a major factor in determining the outcome. John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was killed in battle.
  • Gutenburg Bible
    Jan 1, 1455

    Gutenburg Bible

    First bible is printed in gutenburg
  • Charles VII
    Jan 1, 1494

    Charles VII

    He claims throne and invades Italy.
  • Albretch Durer Travels to Italy
    Jan 1, 1494

    Albretch Durer Travels to Italy

    He made watercolor sketches as he traveled over the Alps. Some have survived and others may be deduced from accurate landscapes of real places in his later work, for example his engraving Nemesis. These are the first pure landscape studies known in Western art
  • Erasmus writes Praise of Foly
    Jan 1, 1509

    Erasmus writes Praise of Foly

    The book is filled with classical allusions delivered in a style typical of the learned humanists of the Renaissance.
  • Thomas More writes Eutopia
    Jan 1, 1516

    Thomas More writes Eutopia

    The book depicts a fictional island society,and its religious,social,and political customs
  • Queen Elizabeth I Rules England
    Jan 1, 1558

    Queen Elizabeth I Rules England

    In 1558, Mary died and Elizabeth became queen. Faced with a country that was reeling from religious differences, Elizabeth once again made the Church of England the official religion, although retaining some Roman Catholic traditions.
  • Birth of William Shakespeare
    Jan 1, 1564

    Birth of William Shakespeare

    Born in Stratford-upon-avon.Famous writer of Elizabethian era.(Famous for poems and plays)
  • Death of Elizabeth

    Death of Elizabeth

    Queen Elizabeth I died of blood poisoning she was nearly 70 years of age.