Renaissance

Marco Polo

Sep 15, 1254

Dante Alighieri

Jun 19, 1265

Dante was born in Florence, Italy. The exact date of birth is unknown, although it is generally believed to be around 1265. and died around 1321

what is the Renaissance

Jan 7, 1300

The Renaissance was the period of European history. And was also the close of middle ages which will become modern world. Renaissance is a word that means rebirth. The Renaissance started around 1350 and ended around 1550.

Printing Press

May 11, 1300

Block printing first came to Christian Europe as a method for printing on cloth, where it was common by 1300.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Jan 8, 1343

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London sometime around 1343 and died sometime around 1400,

Renaissance

Period: Aug 20, 1350 to Aug 20, 1600

John Forest

Jan 20, 1365

and died 1446

the early renaissance

Jan 7, 1400

This was the beginning and cause of the Age of Chivalry, when knights ventured forth to rid the roads of these brigands.

Sandro Botticelli

Mar 14, 1445

Sandro Botticelli was born 1445 and died May 17 1510. he was a painter and paited stuff like Primavera, The Birth of Venus and the The Adoration of the Magi.

Christopher Columbus

Oct 31, 1451

The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicisation of the Latin Christophorus Columbus.

Leonardo da Vinci*

Apr 15, 1452

Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 (Old Style), "at the third hour of the night" in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci,

Vasco da Gama

Jan 13, 1460

December 23, 1524

Nicolaus Copernicus

Feb 19, 1473

died may 24 1543

Isabella of Spain

Jan 8, 1474

Isabella of Castile was a powerful queen as Europe passed from the Late Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

Michelangelo*

Mar 6, 1475

Michelangelowas known as famus italian painter, sculpter, poet and an engener of the high Rennaissans. He created sculter like Daved, Pieta and Bacchus. He was born March 6 1275 and died Feburary 16 1564.

Spanish Inquisition

Nov 1, 1478

the Spanish Inquistion was establish on 1 November 1478 and was disbande on 15 July 1834

Ferdinand Magellan

Apr 16, 1480

Magellan was born around 1480 either at Vila Nova de Gaia, near Porto,

Raphael

Jan 15, 1483

died april 6 1520 was a painter and architecture

martin Luther

Nov 10, 1483

Martin Luther was born to Hans Luder.

high reniassance

Jan 27, 1490

Henry the 8

Jun 28, 1491

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547 died when he was 55) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death.

late renaissance

Jan 7, 1500

Michel de Nostredame

Dec 14, 1503

Michel de Nostredame 14 or 21 December 1503 – 2 July 1566),

Queen Mary/Bloody Mary*

Feb 18, 1516

queen Mary is also know as Bloody Mary. She was boarn 18th Feb 1516 and died 17th nov 1558.

Ivan the terrible

Aug 25, 1530

March 18, 1584. Ivan was the son of Vasili III and his second wife, Elena Glinskaya. When Ivan was three years old, his father died from a boil and inflammation on his leg which developed into blood poisoning.

elizabeth the First

Sep 7, 1533

Elizabeth was born at Greenwich Palace and was named after both her grandmothers,

Francis Drake

May 16, 1540

At age 23, Drake made his first voyage to the Americas, sailing with his second cousin, Sir John Hawkins.

Mary Queen of Scots

Dec 8, 1542

8 February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart.

Miguel de Cervantes

Sep 29, 1547

died April 22 1616

Shakespear

Jan 17, 1564

died 23 April 1616

Galileo Galili

Feb 15, 1564

Galileo Galilei (Italian pronunciation:; 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642),

Spanish Armada

Jan 14, 1588

The Armada suffered a decisive defeat and accomplished nothing. As Martin and Parker explain, "Philip II attempted to invade England, but his plans miscarried, partly because of his own mismanagement,