Renaissance, Reformation, and Exploration

  • Gutenberg's Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1445

    Gutenberg's Printing Press

    Who: Johannes Gutenburg
    When: Around 1445
    Where: Mainz, Germany
    Why: Many inventions were going on during the 1400's (Renaissance) and Gutenberg happend to invent the printing press.
    What; The first printer of time, for making ore than a single paper now they can make several and advertise their thoughts like Luther did.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1450 to

    Renaissance, Reformation, and Exploraion

  • Columbus lands in the Americas
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus lands in the Americas

    Who: columbus and his 3 small ships
    What: The island columbus was trying to claim for Spain
    Where: from Palos, Spain to the land of the Americas.
    When: In 1492
    Why: Columbus was claiming it for Spain.
  • Da Gamas voyage to India
    May 20, 1498

    Da Gamas voyage to India

    Who: Da Gama
    When: Around 1498
    Where: From Portugal, but sailed to India
    Why: To trade
    What: His voyage opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the East.
  • Da Vinci's mona Lisa
    Jan 1, 1503

    Da Vinci's mona Lisa

    Who: Leonardo da Vinci
    What: a very famour painting
    Why: to show this Mona Lisa, and painting skills
    Where: Portrait is in Paris
    When: between 1503 and 1506
  • Michelangelos' David Statue
    Jan 1, 1504

    Michelangelos' David Statue

    Who: Michelangelo
    When: From 1499 to the 1500's , about 1504
    Where: In Italy.
    Why: He was wroking with a second hand peice of art, and Michelangelo had got chosen to do it and did so.
    What: A sculptulre
  • Cortes conquers the Aztecs
    Feb 1, 1516

    Cortes conquers the Aztecs

    Who: Spanish campaign lead by Hernan Cortes
    Where: Spanish lands and th Aztec lands
    When: They began February of 1516 and was declkared victorious August 13,1521
    Why: To set out and land mark all the land that the aztecs had so they could take over.
    What: A huge fight started between the army of Cortes and the Aztec people under one ruler named Montezuma.
  • Luther's 95 Theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    Luther's 95 Theses

    Who- Martin Luther
    What- Luthers plan to stop the curch from selling indilgences to the people
    When- In 1517
    Where- In Germany
    Why- ?Luther was a very important man aznd it was important thazt he got his point across and in the end let out of bandment from the curch.
  • Council of Trent
    Jan 1, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Who:
    When: from 1545 and 1563
    Where: In Trento and Bologna, Northern Italy
    Why: to address a wide range of subjects
    What: it was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important general councils
  • Shakespeare was born
    Apr 23, 1564

    Shakespeare was born

    Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon
    Avon in 1564. church record show that he was also baptized on April 26, three days after he was born. Shakespeare happend to pass in April 23, 1616, he was 52 years old. He as well had 4 children with his wife Anne Shakespeare.