Renaissance/Reformation/Scientific Revolution Project

  • Johan Gutenberg
    Feb 13, 1398

    Johan Gutenberg

    Johan Gutenberg created one of the most important and influential pieces of equipment called the printing press. Johan was a blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher. He created the first ever movable printing press, and started the printing revolution, eventually printing thousands of books.
  • Humanism
    1400

    Humanism

    Humanism is the idea that humans should focus on being well rounded and living life in the present, rather than focusing on the afterlife and how you will live after your death. This idea lasted from the 1400's, all the way up to about 1650
  • Printing Revolution
    1436

    Printing Revolution

    The printing revolution began when a man by the name of Johan Gutenberg created the printing press, and sparked the idea of mass producing books and texts. The concept of printing was mainly used to make reading more available, and in multiple languages such as the vernacular.
  • Lorenzo de' Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de' Medici

    Lorenzo de 'Medici was a very powerful ruler of the Florentine Republic along with his brother, and was one of the most powerful rulers of his time. He is known for hiring artists to paint portraits, such as Botticelli and Michelangelo.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Da Vinci was the creator of many famous paintings, the most famous being the Mona Lisa. He was an Inventor, painter, sculptor, architect and even a scientist. Da Vinci was the definition of a "well rounded" man, and the most famous individual from the renaissance.
  • Erasmus
    Oct 28, 1466

    Erasmus

    Erasmus was a renaissance humanist, and catholic priest. Erasmus wrote many text that were influential to the protestant reformation, and had lots of respect for the church and religion.
  • Machiavelli
    Mar 3, 1469

    Machiavelli

    Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist and writer during the renaissance. He was a senior official in the Florentine Republic, and was secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence, while the Medici were not in power.
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer was an artist who mainly painted and engraved during the renaissance. He is a well known artist who engraved and was associates with Raphael and Da Vinci, Some of the best known artist of the time. He is one of the first European landscape artists as well.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician and astronomer who believed that the sun was the center of the universe, and not the earth. Nobody believed him and thought he was crazy.
  • Michelangelo
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and Poet. He is considered one of the most famous artists from the renaissance, and he also created the statue "David", and "Pieta". One of his most famous works was the paintings on the Sistine Chapel, where he painted the entire ceiling.
  • Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More

    Thomas More was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and Renaissance humanist. He believed a utopia was best for society, and dreamed the world was one. He opposed of the protestant reformation, and disliked Martin Luther. He once refused to take an oath, and was eventually beheaded for treason.
  • Raphael
    Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael was a renaissance artist and architect. Pope Julius II Hired him as his chief architect, where he designed and painted many items for him, and was known as one of the greatest architects during the renaissance.
  • Martin Luther
    Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther was a German, priest, monk, and is one of the people who sparked the protestant reformation, by creating the 95 theses. He came up with 95 reasons why the church was doing the wrong thing, and that they need to change. Martin Luther is one of the key reasons why the reformation started.
  • Thomas Cranmer
    Jul 2, 1489

    Thomas Cranmer

    Thomas Cranmer was The archbishop of Canterbury and served during King Henrys reign. He helped the king divorce one of his many wives, and was eventually burned at the stake by Queen Mary for not supporting Catholicism.
  • Henry VIII
    Jun 28, 1491

    Henry VIII

    King Henry was the king of England for his life. He spent his whole reign trying to have a male heir, and even had 6 wives. After his whole life trying to have a male, his only son ended up dying a the young age of 15. His obesity eventually got the best of him, when he died in 1547.
  • Indulgences
    1501

    Indulgences

    Indulgences were sold to the public by the Roman-Catholic Church, and were only used as profit machines to the church. People would pay the church to remove all of their sins, and the church would benefit from the money. People began to realize this was wrong and an individual named Martin Luther played a big role in the stoppage to indulgences.
  • John Calvin
    Jul 10, 1509

    John Calvin

    John Calvin is a French pastor an reformer, who was a big part of the Reformation. He wrote down what he thought was a good Christian and what you had to do in order to go to heaven, called Calvinism, and many people followed his beliefs.
  • Elizabeth I
    Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII, and when the king passed, he passed the throne to his son. After his son died at a young age, Mary took the thrown, and then Elizabeth took the throne and ruled as queen. She never married, and she compromised with the Anglican church.
  • Heliocentric Theory
    1543

    Heliocentric Theory

    Nicolaus Copernicus developed a theory that earth is not the center of the solar system, whereas many thought it was at the time period. He believed the sun was the center, and we revolved around it, and nobody believed him.
  • Council of Trent
    1545

    Council of Trent

    The council of Trent is the council of the Roman-Catholic church. They were the leaders of the church and the counter reformation to stop people from trying to reform and break the church.
  • Francis Bacon
    Jan 22, 1561

    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon was a philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author, and even served as Lord Chancellor, and Attorney General of England. Francis Bacon is most widely known for his creation of the scientific method, which is one of the most important principals of science.
  • Galileo Galilei
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, and he created the first telescope. He observed several moons in orbit around the sun and said that the earth does the same to the sun. Thee church did not like this and he was forced admit he was wrong or else he would be burned at the stake.
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was a renaissance poet, playwright and actor. He has written many poems and plays that are still famous today. He has written almost 40 plays and is considered one of the most popular playwrights during the renaissance.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton is considered one of the most influential scientists of all time, and was an astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. He played a major role in the scientific revolution, and was responsible for the creation of the laws of motion, and the concept of gravity, as well as many other scientific principals.
  • Scientific Method

    Scientific Method

    The scientific method was created by Francis Bacon and is the basic principals of science. It consists of a hypothesis, experiment, observation and conclusion.