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Renaissance timeline

By justinj42
  • Papacy returns to Rome
    Jan 1, 1420

    Papacy returns to Rome

    This is when the newly united Papacy returns to Rome by order of Pope Martin V
  • Invention of Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1440

    Invention of Printing Press

    This was when the first printing machine was invented
  • Lorenzo de Medici takes the throne
    Dec 4, 1469

    Lorenzo de Medici takes the throne

    This was when Lorenzo "The Magnificent" took the throne of Florence. considered the high point of the Florence Renaissance.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1504

    Michelangelo's David sculpture

    this was when Michelangelo made his fully detailed sculpture of David, the symbol of Florence
  • Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Dec 31, 1507

    The Painting of the Mona Lisa

    This was when the most famous painting in the world was being created
  • 95 theses posted
    Jan 1, 1517

    95 theses posted

    This was when Martin Luther posted his 95 complaints about the Catholic Church, including indulgences and corruption of the church
  • "Die Grosse Wundartzney"published
    Jan 1, 1536

    "Die Grosse Wundartzney"published

    "Die Grosse Wundartzney",or The Great Book of Surgery, was
    written by Paracelsus (the pseudonym of Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim). He revolutionized the world of "bleeding out the bad spirits" with Die Grosse Wundartzney.
  • Copernicus' heliocentric theory published
    Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus' heliocentric theory published

    This was when astronomist Nicolas Copernicus published his theory of a Heliocentric world system, which means that the planets revolve around the Sun.
  • Hamlet is finshed

    Hamlet is finshed

    This is when Shakepeare finished his last play of this timeline
  • Death of Elizabeth I

    Death of Elizabeth I

    the day Elizabeth I, the queen of England and Ireland, dies