Renaissance Time Line Events (1300-1600)

  • Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    The birth of Lorenzo de' Medici is important because he was an important part of history.
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    It was important for the first Bible to be printed so that people could read them.
  • Columbus discovers the new world
    1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    This was important because with out making the discover people would not now what they now know.
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    This is important because now it is art.
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    This is important because it is art and it shows us how art was made.
  • Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    This is important because it shows us how others expressed there self's.
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church
    1517

    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.
  • Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    This is important to religious.
  • John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    This is also important to religious.
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    This is important because it tells us what happen in history.
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    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.