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Marco Polo was an Italian exsplorer from Venice.His mother died after giving birth to him. He went on his first journey when he was seventeen.
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Sir William Wallace was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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The Renaissance took place between the 14th to the 17th century and started in Florence Italy. The word Renaissance means Rebirth. The Renaissance was a time when science, art, education, literature, and music became more advanced. The Renaissance was a cleaner life for people unlike “ The Dark Ages” because they were allowed to pursue comfort. The Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world ,was painted during the Renaissance by Leonardo Da Vinci.
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An Italian painter and sculptor. Donatello was a key figure in the early Florence renaissance.He died in December 13 1466
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Johann Gutenberg was the inventor of the printing press.
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Joan of Arc grew up in a small town in France. Her father, Jacques, was a farmer who also worked as an official for the town. Joan worked on the farm and learned how to sew from her mother, Isabelle.
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Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy.Columbus`s wife died after she gave birth to a boy.
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Leonardo Dacaprio was a famous painter who was born in 1452 and died in 1516.Leonardo Dicaprio painted the mona lisa
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He led the first expedition that traveled from Europe to India by sailing around Africa.
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Erasmus was a Dutch priest and scholar. He was considered the greatest humanist of the north and helped to spread humanism and the Renaissance movement to northern Europe.
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Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473, in Thorn, Poland, an important European trading center. His real name was Nikals Kopenik and it was Latinized to Nicolaus Copernicus. He came from a middle class background. When Nicolaus Copernicus was 10 his father died and he was raised by his uncle.
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Michelangelo was an a poet , engineer,sculpter and painter. he died in 1564.
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Raphael was one of the three members of the high trinity renaissance. he was also a painter.
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Leader of the Protestant reformation. Martin Luther wrote 95 thesis attacking the church, such as criticising the belief sin could be mitigated by paying money to the church.He died febuary 18 1546
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King Henry the VIII could have been considered the prototypical "Renaissance Man" at his prime. He was tall, good looking, and confident.
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Paracelsus was a Swiss scientist and botanist who helped to make many advances in medicine.
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By about 1500, many people began to worry more and more about the many wrong things that were happening among the Church. There were plenty of people who thought that the priests, or Church leaders, were becoming absorbed with making money from the people rather than helping to provide them with otherworldly direction
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Mary I was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants caused her opponents to give her the sobriquet "Bloody Mary"
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Catherine was a member of the famed Medici family of Florence. As an 11 year old girl she was taken captive and held to try and stop her family from attacking. She convinced her captors that she wanted to become a nun and, as result, they didn't hurt her.
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Creating one of the first modern telescopes, Galileo revolutionised our understanding of the world supporting the work of Copernicus.He died January 8 1642
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nobody knows William Shakespeare's birth day but that he was baptised on April 26 1564.William Shakespeare was a famous poet and he wrote a lot of play
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John Locke became one of the most influential in England and perhaps one of the most influential people in the 17th century.
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He was born the same year Gilleo died.Newton is clearly the most influential scientist who ever lived.
