Renaissance Era

By suzy.shrum
  • Apr 19, 1348

    Black Plague

  • Apr 19, 1420

    Medici hires Brunelleschi

  • Apr 19, 1429

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc French leader against British
  • Apr 19, 1434

    Medici bank

    Family controls city/state of Florence
  • Apr 19, 1453

    Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

  • Apr 19, 1455

    Johann Gutenberg invents Printing Press

  • Apr 19, 1478

    Spanish Inquistion begins

  • Apr 19, 1492

    Columbus reached West Indies

    Sent by Queen Isabella of Spain
  • Apr 19, 1495

    Leonardo da Vinci creates Last Supper

  • Apr 19, 1509

    King Henry VIII crowned

  • Apr 19, 1512

    Michelangelo finished ceiling of Sistine Chapel

  • Apr 19, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes "The Prince"

  • Apr 19, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses

  • Apr 19, 1527

    Rome crushed by Charles V

  • Apr 19, 1527

    King Henry VIII divorces Catherine of Aragon

  • Apr 19, 1534

    King Henry VIII leds Church of England

  • Apr 19, 1553

    Queen Bloody Mary

    kills Protestants
  • Apr 19, 1558

    Queen Elizabeth ascends throne

    brings Protestant faith back
  • Apr 19, 1564

    Shakespeare born

  • Apr 19, 1576

    Globe Theatre

  • Apr 19, 1580

    Sir Francis Drake

    circumnavigates the globe

  • Jamestown founded

    colonists seek religicus freedom

  • Mayflower voyage