Renaissance Time Line (1300-1600)

  • Birth of Lerenzo de' Medici
    1449

    Birth of Lerenzo de' Medici

    This was the ruler of Florentine Republic, he was the most powerful of Renissance culture in Italy.
  • 1455

    Gutenburg prints the first bible

    This is important because this was the first important book written.
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes "On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres"
    1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes "On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres"

    This was a book published about the solar life. This explained how the Earth moved across the sun.
  • 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    This is important because this shows the new discoveries that Columbs found.
  • Michaelangelo sculpted David
    1501

    Michaelangelo sculpted David

    This was a sculpture completely made of Marble that represents the Bibical figure "david"
  • leonardo di vinci the mona lisa
    1503

    leonardo di vinci the mona lisa

    This was a painting that Leonardo di vinci made of his girlfriend at the time. The painting is an elegant icture of the woman slightly smirking.
  • 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli the prince

    The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and theorist Niccolò Machiavelli.
  • Martin Luther posts 95 theses
    1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses

    This is a list of rules that mus be followed through the life of a christian.
  • john calvin published the institutes of the christian religion on protestantism
    1536

    john calvin published the institutes of the christian religion on protestantism

    Calvin was one of the first people to break away from a catholic church. This is why this is an important part of the renaissance.
  • nicolas copernicus publishes on the revolutions of the celestial spheres
    1543

    nicolas copernicus publishes on the revolutions of the celestial spheres

    This was a book published on how the sun was also part of the heavens.
  • Period: 1564 to 1564

    WIlliam SHakespear is born

    This is important because he was a big part of the harlem rennisance