Renaissance

Marco Polo

Jan 21, 1254

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.

Sir William Wallace

Jan 21, 1270

Sir William Wallace was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

The Renaissance

Apr 15, 1300

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.

Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1600

Dontatello

Jan 15, 1386

An Italian painter and sculptor. Donatello was a key figure in the early Florence renaissance.He died in December 13 1466

Johann Gutenberg

Jan 28, 1395

Johann Gutenberg was the inventor of the printing press.

Joan of Arc

Jan 28, 1412

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.

Christopher Columbus

Jan 21, 1451

Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy.Columbus`s wife died after she gave birth to a boy.

Leonardo Dacaprio

Apr 15, 1452

Leonardo Dacaprio was a famous painter who was born in 1452 and died in 1516.Leonardo Dicaprio painted the mona lisa

Vasco Da Gama

Jan 28, 1460

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He led the first expedition that traveled from Europe to India by sailing around Africa.

Erasmus

Jan 28, 1466

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.

Nicolaus Corernicus

Feb 19, 1473

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.

michelangelo

Mar 6, 1475

Michelangelo was an a poet , engineer,sculpter and painter. he died in 1564.

Raphael

Apr 6, 1483

Raphael was one of the three members of the high trinity renaissance. he was also a painter.

Martin Luther

Nov 10, 1483

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

King Henry VIII

Jan 21, 1491

King Henry the VIII could have been considered the prototypical "Renaissance Man" at his prime. He was tall, good looking, and confident.

Paracelsus

Jan 28, 1493

Paracelsus was a Swiss scientist and botanist who helped to make many advances in medicine.

Religion

Jan 9, 1500

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

Queen Mary 1

Feb 18, 1516

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"

Catherine de Medici

Jan 15, 1519

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.

Galileo

Feb 15, 1564

Creating one of the first modern telescopes, Galileo revolutionised our understanding of the world supporting the work of Copernicus.He died January 8 1642

William Shakespeare

Apr 26, 1564

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

John Locke

Aug 29, 1632

John Locke became one of the most influential in England and perhaps one of the most influential people in the 17th century.

Sir Isaac Newton

Dec 25, 1642

He was born the same year Gilleo died.Newton is clearly the most influential scientist who ever lived.