Renaissance Time Line Events (1300-1600)

  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
    The birth of Lorenzo de' Medici is important because he was an important part of history.
  • 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    It was important for the first Bible to be printed so that people could read them.
  • 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
    This was important because with out making the discover people would not now what they now know.
  • 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    This is important because now it is art.
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    This is important because it is art and it shows us how art was made.
  • 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    This is important because it shows us how others expressed there self's.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church
    This is important because with out this we would not have known how he felt.
  • 1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    This is important to religious.
  • 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    This is also important to religious.
  • 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    This is important because it tells us what happen in history.
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
    This is important because he made a lot of books/ plays that we know learn and read today.
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer
    This is important because this was a important discovery.