Renaissance Time Line (1300-1600)

Birth of Lerenzo de' Medici

1449

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

Gutenburg prints the first bible

1455

This is important because this was the first important book written.

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

1473

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

Columbus discovers the new world

1492

This is important because this shows the new discoveries that Columbs found.

Michaelangelo sculpted David

1501

This was a sculpture completely made of Marble that represents the Bibical figure "david"

leonardo di vinci the mona lisa

1503

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.

Niccolo Machiavelli the prince

1513

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and theorist Niccolò Machiavelli.

Martin Luther posts 95 theses

1517

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

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

This was a book published on how the sun was also part of the heavens.

WIlliam SHakespear is born

Period: 1564 to 1564

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