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Period: Jan 1, 1340 to
The Renaissance Timeline
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Jan 1, 1348
Black death outbreak
The black death killed over 40% of the population in Europe in 1348. This event in time inspired many doctors and medical related people to research about medicine, leading to medical advances. Without this event, this planet might not have the vaccines to cure many of the new viruses that cause sickness today. -
Jan 1, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press
An average printing press counl print 500 books in the same time as a monk took to make one book. This invention made books cheaper and more available to the people. This invention also offered education with books to many, and started a time where everyone has a possible future and a chance for good education -
Jan 1, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci Born
This renaissance man did many things to change the world we live in today. Some of his ideas are still used today, and is so common that no one knows it. One example of Leonardo's ideas that is used today is the parachute. This man is still known to be one of the greatest minds in the world. He was an inventor, weapon-maker, artist, hores rider, and meny more things that made him famous through the ages. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Colombus sailed to America
in April 1492, Columbus’s plan to sail across the undescovered ocean to chaina received royal approval, and he set fourth to explore the other side of the ocean. Without his exploration, we may have never found America, and modern society wouldn't be the same, as America is one of the most well-known and inportant countries in the world. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on a church door
This is one on the big reasons the church of england was born. The act of him posting his 95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany guided many people, including Henry the VIII, to the reformation and the birth of the church of England. The church of England is still a big part of Chaistianity today. -
Jan 1, 1532
"The Prince" by Machiavelli Published
This book was made for the leaders that ruled back in the Renaissance time. This book has been read by many leaders, both past and present, and the ideas of how he rules are still used today by communist leaders across the world. Without him, this world would not have any communist political parties to run countries. His machiavellian ideas were used by leaders such as Adolf Hitler. -
Jan 1, 1533
Henry the VIII devorced with Catherine
This is his first wife and first devorce. This devorce caused henry the VIII to split from the catholic church. Then he made a movement called "the reformation" and made himself the head of church of the church of England. This is very important, as the church of england is still active today, and is a s big and widespread as the catholic church. -
Invention of the Microscope
Two Dutch spectacle makers experimented with several lenses in a tube and discovered that nearby objects appeared enlarged, although blurry and upside down. That was the first microscope. Without this invention, many other "scopes", such as the telescope wouldn't have been invented, therefor the idea of the Earth bbeing at the center of the universe would be still believed in, and science tought today would be compleatly wrong. -
Flush Toilet Invented
The flush toilet is one of the most commonly used objects in the world today. Sir John Harrington, godson to Queen Elizabeth, made the first flush toilet for himself and his godmother. Without it, many people will be disgusted by the smell of an non-flush toilet. -
First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is about thanking the many people that help you, and thanking everybody by giving to each other. In the first thanksgiving, the british and the natives gave food to each other. Thanksgiving with the native Americans showed peace and friendship towards them, and is the reason they got along well for a period of time. Without Thanksgiving, we might not be in good terms with the native Americans at this moment.
