Renaissance / Reformation Timeline Project

  • Petrarch
    Jul 19, 1374

    Petrarch

    Francesco Petrarch was a famous scholar and poet. He was the reason that renaissance humanism was invented. He was also the reason that modern lyrics were established.
  • Johan Gutenberg
    Jun 24, 1395

    Johan Gutenberg

    He was a German inventor and craftsman . He was the reason printing is how it is. He created the printing press that was able to print more then one page instead of having to write every single page.
  • Lorenzo de Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de Medici

    He was Italian statesman, banker, and a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. He was very well heard about because he offered artists to come to Florence and pay them to live , and to just do art. Another reason was because he ruled and led Florence and made it strive till his later years when bankruptcy hit.
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    He was a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. He was known for his famous painting "The last supper" .He was known as the infamous painter for 400 years.
  • perspective
    Aug 19, 1466

    perspective

    It was created by Filippo Brunelleschi in the 14th century. Perspective is when you create a 3 dimensional type of shading or drawing.
  • Humanism
    Apr 10, 1467

    Humanism

    Humanism was created in the 14 centuries. It was created to have a ideal and have it revolve around humans.
  • Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Machiavelli

    He was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian . He was not very known in his years of living. He became more well known when people started to read his book "The prince" the book to turning you into a powerful leader.
  • Michelangelo
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the renaissance time. He was well known for his ceiling painting on the Sistine chapel. He was also greatly known for his architectural build of the Saint Peters Dome.
  • Raphael
    Apr 5, 1483

    Raphael

    He was a master painter and architect in the renaissances. He was very known for his painting "school of Athens" which hung in one of Pope Julius private rooms' He was also very known for his composition in his paintings.
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 11, 1483

    Martin Luther

    He was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his belief's created Lutheranism. He is the reason there is even other religions. He also had to fake his own kidnapping because people wanted him dead.
  • Henry V111
    Jun 28, 1491

    Henry V111

    He was the king of England. He made a big change in England and he created divine rights. He also bought a church just so he could make divorces legal.
  • Ignatius of Loyala
    Oct 23, 1491

    Ignatius of Loyala

    He was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian. He was very known for his charitable work as well as his missionary work . Another example is when he made the "jesuit constatation.
  • Council of Trent
    Jan 9, 1545

    Council of Trent

    It was focused on defending and elaborating on Catholic doctrine. IT was a group of people from the catholic church.
  • Scientific Method
    Apr 23, 1553

    Scientific Method

    It was acquiring knowledge that had shown the development of science. It starts by asking different types of question's.
  • Queen Elizabeth
    Sep 7, 1553

    Queen Elizabeth

    She was the queen of England and her father was Henry Vll. She was the reason for the new world exploration. She also flourished England economy .
  • Inquisition
    Apr 4, 1559

    Inquisition

    They were a group of Catholics that would go around looking for suspected heretics. If they found them they would punish them.
  • Sale of Indulgences
    Mar 7, 1563

    Sale of Indulgences

    This was when they would sell indulgences and apparantly they would get rid of there sins and get them a way to heaven.
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    He was an English playwright, poet and actor. He was a main reason English's is now a main language. He wrote approximately 39 plays.