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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
Renaissance timeline thing -
Jan 1, 1346
black death
the Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53. -
Jan 1, 1375
humanism was created
Petrarch and Boccaccio created Humanism. Humanism is generally the idea that we should study the classics (ancient Greek and Roman texts) and that knowledge was important for its own sake. -
Jan 1, 1401
Ghiberti Wins the Right to Sculpt the Northern Doors of The Baptistry
Ghiberti is commissioned and takes 28 years to sculpt the bronze doors of the Florentine church. The doors remain one of the most valued treasures of the Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1420
papacy returns to rome
The Papacy, having been located in Avignon since 1305, returns to Rome, bringing with it the prestige and wealth necessary to rebuild the city. -
Jan 1, 1429
Cosimo de Medici Takes Over his Father's Business
Cosimo de Medici becomes head of the bank after his father dies, using his economic power to consolidate political power. Within five years he runs the city without question. -
Jan 1, 1434
medici family in lawrence
Medici family becomes the head of the city-state -
Jan 1, 1440
printing press
the printing press was created by Johannes Gutenberg -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was born -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo was born
Michelangelo was born -
Jan 1, 1483
raphael was born
raphael was born -
Jan 1, 1486
Pico Publishes His Collection of 900 Treatises
Pico's philosophy often conflicts with that of the Catholic Church and he is declared a heretic. He is saved from demise by the intervention of Lorenzo de Medici. -
Jan 1, 1494
Ludovico Sforza Permits the French Invasion of Italy
In an attempt to weaken his enemy, the King of Naples, Ludovico invites the French to invade Italy, granting them free passage through Milan. Though this invasion fails, the French return in 1499, turning on Ludovico and taking Milan, and opening an era of foreign competition for Italian land. -
Jan 1, 1494
The Medici are Ousted from Florence by Girolamo Savonarola
Savonarola, preaching a return to simple faith, leads a popular uprising against the Medici, who are forced to flee. Savonarola's rule is short-lived, and he is burned as a heretic in 1495. -
Jan 1, 1517
The Reformation Movement Begins
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of a church in Wittenburg, Germany, igniting a movement which provokes an enormous split in the Roman Catholic Church. -
May 6, 1527
The Sack of Rome
After Pope Clement VII refuses to grant the imperial army a ransom, it attacks the city of Rome, taking the city in just over twelve hours. The sack of Rome symbolizes the downfall of Renaissance Italy, much of which is subjugated to Imperial-Spanish rule by the settlement of Bologna in 1530. -
Jan 1, 1565
invention of the pencil
The pencil was invented -
Jan 1, 1582
Gregorian Calander
On 24 February 1582, Pope Gregory XIII, enlisting the expertise of distinguished astronomers and mathematicians, issued a bill correcting the Julian calendar, which was then 10 days in error. The correction was a minor one, changing the rule about leap years. The new calendar named for him, the Gregorian calendar, became effective 4 October 1582, in most Catholic countries, in 1752 in Britain and the American colonies, in 1918 in Russia and in 1923 in Greece. It is the most widely used calendar. -
Giordano Bruno's death
philosopher and astronomer Giordano Bruno burned at the stake by the Roman Inquisition -
30 Years War
beginning of Thirty Years War (1618-1648) -
30 Years War ends
Thirty Years' War ends with Peace of Westphalia -
laws of motion
Sir Isaac Newton formulates laws of motion in Principia Mathematica
