Crusader

Our world and the 15th century

  • Bubonic Plague Begins
    Jan 1, 1350

    Bubonic Plague Begins

    The Bubonic plague begins and spreads rapidly and is uncontrolled and kills over half the worlds population by the 1500's
  • Brunelleschi Creates Linear Perspective
    Jun 5, 1420

    Brunelleschi Creates Linear Perspective

    The Creation of linear perspective means that 2D art will change and pictures now have a 3 dimensional look to it. instead a flat look to it.
  • Joan of Arc and the siege of Orleans
    Oct 12, 1428

    Joan of Arc and the siege of Orleans

    Joan of Arc was a female who dressed and acted as a man to gain the same freedoms and fundamentals. her task was to relieve the siege on Orleans and stop the 100 year war with aid of the French
  • Johann Gutenberg Invents the Printing press
    Jan 1, 1440

    Johann Gutenberg Invents the Printing press

    The invention of the printing press means that large amounts of books can be copied and published for hundreds of people to read and record history.
  • Scientific Revolution / Copernicus 1473 - 1543
    Mar 2, 1473

    Scientific Revolution / Copernicus 1473 - 1543

    Copernicus discovered that their is worlds outside our own world and believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
  • The Spanish inquisition begins
    Jan 1, 1478

    The Spanish inquisition begins

    The questioning and torturing of Heretics by the Catholic Church
  • Martin Luther 95 theses
    Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther 95 theses

    He wrote 95 theses and asked that any subject refute or dispute with him orally or with a letter and he would argue back with logic and understanding.
  • Sandro Botticelli Paints The Birth of Venus
    May 8, 1486

    Sandro Botticelli Paints The Birth of Venus

    this is a depiction of the birth of the goddes venus as a grown woman, emerging from the sea and arriving on shore.
  • Columbus discovers the America's
    Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus discovers the America's

    Columbus travels where no other man dared to go, and he was successful and discovered North and South America.
  • The Renaissance begins
    Jan 1, 1500

    The Renaissance begins

    an intelectual and artistic movement, based on culture, economics and religion.
  • Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel
    Sep 12, 1508

    Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel

    The Ceiling of the sistine chapel
  • Raphael Paints The School of Athens
    Dec 28, 1510

    Raphael Paints The School of Athens

    used in the decoration of the vatican
  • Da Vinci Paints the last Supper
    Jan 1, 1512

    Da Vinci Paints the last Supper

    it is a depiction of the last supper jesus had in his last days of life before resurrection.
  • Machiavelli Writes the Prince
    May 9, 1513

    Machiavelli Writes the Prince

    A very political book that looked at the insights of politics in the 1500's and is made in italy.
  • Thomas More creates Utopia (Novel)
    Jan 1, 1516

    Thomas More creates Utopia (Novel)

    Thomas More writes Utopia, this novel is about the perfect society, where everyone is equal and nothing goes wrong. This is the first depiction of a Utopia.
  • Henry VIII of England excommunicated
    Jan 1, 1520

    Henry VIII of England excommunicated

    Henry VIII was excommunicated because he wanted to divorce Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn.
  • Ivan the Terrible is born
    Aug 25, 1530

    Ivan the Terrible is born

    The first Ruler of Russia to assume the role of Tsar
  • Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I
    Sep 7, 1533

    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I

    she was guided by several trusted advisors and she would set her path for good choices for her people.
  • Desiderius Erasmus Dies
    Jul 12, 1536

    Desiderius Erasmus Dies

    Erasmus was a man who communicated with common sense and dealt in the human affairs. bringing theology into the world.
  • Jesuit Order founded by Ignatius Loyola
    Aug 15, 1543

    Jesuit Order founded by Ignatius Loyola

    Ignatius formed the Jesuit Order which is the Society of Jesus
  • Spain Declares Bankruptcy for the First time
    Jan 1, 1557

    Spain Declares Bankruptcy for the First time

    Spain has run out of money... for the first time...
  • Period: Jan 1, 1560 to

    Start of the European Wars of Religion

    French declares war on religion and joins the reformation with Germany
  • Cosimo De Medici Dies.
    Aug 1, 1572

    Cosimo De Medici Dies.

    Cosimo De Medici is a great leader and he helped drive forward the Renaissance movement. His death was morned by everyone in florence
  • Saint Bartholomew's Massacre
    Aug 23, 1572

    Saint Bartholomew's Massacre

    French Soldiers and Roman Catholic Clergy had attacked an entire country of unarmed people. killing up to 100,100 people...
  • Edict Of Nantes

    Edict Of Nantes

    The Edict of Nantes marked the end of France's Wars of Religion