Renaissance

  • Lorenzo de Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de Medici

    He was the patron of the arts
  • Columbus
    Oct 31, 1451

    Columbus

    discovers new world
  • Leonardo de Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo de Vinci

    Paints the Mona Lisa
  • Vasco da Gama
    Dec 28, 1460

    Vasco da Gama

    sails to India
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    writes The Prince
  • Nicolas Copernicus
    Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus

    publishes On the Revolution of the Celestical Spheres
  • Michelangelo
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    sculpts the David
  • Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More

    Writes Utopia
  • Spanish inquistion
    Nov 28, 1478

    Spanish inquistion

    Tortured people into becoming christians
  • Martin Luther
    Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    posts 95 theses on the door of Castle Church
  • Rapheal
    Dec 1, 1483

    Rapheal

    Paints the Transfiguration
  • King Henry VIII
    Jun 28, 1491

    King Henry VIII

    begins protestant Anglician church
  • Gutenberg
    Feb 3, 1498

    Gutenberg

    Prints the first bible
  • John Calvin
    Jul 10, 1509

    John Calvin

    publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • King Phillip II of Spain
    May 21, 1527

    King Phillip II of Spain

    assembles the Spanish Armada
  • Elizabeth I
    Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth I

    begins rule in England
  • Founding of the Society of Jesus
    Aug 15, 1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus

    The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents.
  • Sir Walter Raleigh
    Sep 29, 1554

    Sir Walter Raleigh

    tries to establish Roanoke
  • Galileo
    Feb 29, 1564

    Galileo

    invents a thermometer
  • William shakespeare
    Dec 28, 1564

    William shakespeare

    English poet , play writer and actor