Renaissance

  • Sep 24, 1395

    Jan Van Eyck

    Jan Van Eyck
    He was a painter
    He was born in Maaseik
    He made the Portrait of a Man in a Turban
    He made Lucca Madonna
  • Aug 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Was from Venice Italy
    Was a painter
    He draws the Mona Lisa
    He makes the first blue prints for a tank
  • Feb 3, 1468

    Johannes Gutenburg

    Johannes Gutenburg
    He was born in Mainz
    He was a printer
    Was the first European to use movable type printing
    He made the Gutenburg Bible
  • May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli
    Born in Florence
    He was a Writer
    He published Oliverotto de Fermo
    He published The First Decade
  • May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer
    He was born in Nuremberg
    He was a Painter
    He made the Nuremberg Chronicle
    He made a famous engraving of Adam and Eve's
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Michelangelo Buonarroti
    He was bron in Caprese
    He was an Artist
    He painted the Sistine Chapel
    He carved the Pieta
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    Sir Thomas More
    He was born in London
    He was a English Lawyer
    He became a member of Parliament
    He was twice married
  • Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Baldassare Castiglione
    He was born in Mantua
    He was a courtier
    He wrote The Book of the Courtier
    He wrote Tirsi
  • Apr 6, 1483

    Ralphael

    Ralphael
    He was born in Urbino
    He was a Artist
    He made the Marriage of the Virgin
    He made the School of Athens
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    He was an English Poet
    He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon
    He wrote Hamlet
    He wrote King Lear