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Renaissance Timeline

  • Political: Cosimo de' Medici Gains Power
    Jan 3, 1434

    Political: Cosimo de' Medici Gains Power

    Cosimo gains control of the Florence government in 1434.
  • Culture: Florence's Duomo
    Jan 3, 1436

    Culture: Florence's Duomo

    Brunelleschi design's and helps finish Florence's Duomo.
  • Social: Printing Press
    Feb 4, 1440

    Social: Printing Press

    Books become cheaper and more available to the people due to Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.
  • Culture: Botticelli
    Feb 4, 1486

    Culture: Botticelli

    A famous italian renaissance man by the name of Sandro Botticelli paints one of his best known works, The Birth of Venus.
  • Social: Christopher Colombus
    Apr 4, 1492

    Social: Christopher Colombus

    Colombus set sails to India of to the west across the Atlantic Ocean, when discovering land, he presumed he had found India. Which coined the popular term "Indians" for the original Native Americans.
  • Culture: Potrait
    Jan 1, 1500

    Culture: Potrait

    The famous renaissance man by the name of Niccolò Machiavelli was a man of many skills. He was a writer, historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, He was the founder of Political Science and is widely known for writing the masterpiece, "the Prince."
  • Culture: David is Sculptued
    Feb 1, 1504

    Culture: David is Sculptued

    Michelangelo sculpts the masterpiece David from a block of marble left over from another sculpture.
  • Culture: The Prince is Written
    Jan 1, 1513

    Culture: The Prince is Written

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince. A book mainly known for showcasing Machiavelli's beliefs on how a prince is suppose to rule. He says at one moment in the book that a prince should be willing to act against the popular opinion of the people in order to ensure their safety.
  • Religious: 95 Theses
    Feb 4, 1517

    Religious: 95 Theses

    Martin Luther post the 95 Theses on a church door stating 95 points he believed the people and the church were meant to follow. Such points include things like, "Christians must follow Christ at all times." Or that buying indulgences from the church is wrong to do.
  • Feb 4, 1521

    Religious: Luther Excommunicated

    Pope Leo X exxcomunicates Luther for not giving up his writings when he was ordered to.
  • Religious: Diet of Worms
    Apr 4, 1521

    Religious: Diet of Worms

    Luther is summoned to the Diet of Worms to be summoned to give up his writings, he refuses.
  • Social: Sack of Rome
    May 5, 1527

    Social: Sack of Rome

    The Imperial Army seiges the city of Rome when Pope Clement VII refuses to pay a ransom.
  • Political: Parliment Passes Laws
    Feb 4, 1529

    Political: Parliment Passes Laws

    Parliment begins passing laws to make Hnery VIII head of the church in England.
  • Religious: Lutherans New Name
    Jun 4, 1530

    Religious: Lutherans New Name

    Lutherans were using the name "Protestant" for those who protested" papal authority.
  • Political: Henry the 8th
    Feb 4, 1533

    Political: Henry the 8th

    Henry the 8th becomes the head of the church.
  • Political: Act of Supremacy
    Mar 4, 1534

    Political: Act of Supremacy

    Parliment passes the Act of Supremacy which gives King Henry VIII of England Royal Supremacy, which meant he was head of the Church of England.
  • Cultural: Giorgio Vasari Publishes
    Jan 1, 1550

    Cultural: Giorgio Vasari Publishes

    Vasari publishes the Licves of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptore's, and Architects.
  • Social: Jews in 1550s
    Feb 4, 1550

    Social: Jews in 1550s

    In Italy, the Renaissance had been a time of relative prosperity. When Spain expelled its Jews in 1942, Italy allowed them to remain. But pressure for the Jews to convert still ramained big on the Jews. During the Reformation, restrictions on the Jews incereased. Such restrictions included to expell them from Christian lands, and their synagogues.
  • Religious: The Peace of Augsburg
    Feb 4, 1555

    Religious: The Peace of Augsburg

    The Peace of Augsburg is signed, allowing each prince to decide which religion - Catholic or Lutheran - would be followed in his lands.
  • Political: Queen Elizabeth Becomes Queen
    Feb 4, 1558

    Political: Queen Elizabeth Becomes Queen

    Elizabeth becomes queen and unifies England with the Elizabeth Settlement.
  • Social: Witch Hunts
    Feb 4, 1560

    Social: Witch Hunts

    Tens of thousands of women and men died as victims of witch hunts. Mostly in German states, Switzerland, and France. These witch hunts were embraced when scholars offered various reasons for these persecutions. They believed those who practied magic were recievcing aid from the Devil. Witches often were believed to behave in non-traditional ways,
  • Religious: A Calvinist Churh
    Feb 4, 1564

    Religious: A Calvinist Churh

    The calvinist belief in simplicity is reflected in the design of this church. People who attends these churches were taught about predestination, meaning God already has a plan for your life and you can't do anything to affect that. Calvanist's believed that the world was divided into two groups. Saints and Sinners, and those were saints could truly live Christian lives.
  • Political: Queen Elizabeth the First

    Political: Queen Elizabeth the First

    Queen Eizabeth ruled England without a king for 45 years. This empowered everyones belief that women can be just as strong as men in many aspects of life and that women are just as capable of ruling a land as a king.
  • Social: Mountains on the Moon

    Social: Mountains on the Moon

    Galileo Galileo builds a telescope allowing him to see mountains on the moon, fiery spots on the sun, and four moons circling the Planet Jupiter.