Renaissance Timeline

  • Scientific Method
    1214

    Scientific Method

    A method consisting in systematic observation, measurement, experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of a hypothesis.
  • Petrarch
    Jul 20, 1304

    Petrarch

    was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, who was one of the earliest humanists
  • Johan Gutenberg
    1398

    Johan Gutenberg

    He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe
  • Humanism
    1400

    Humanism

    A movement during the renaissance that turned away from medieval scholasticism and focused on the ancient Greek and Roman thought
  • Perspective
    1415

    Perspective

    the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position
  • Printing Revolution
    1440

    Printing Revolution

    Gutenberg's invention of the printing press spread throughout Europe advancing knowledge, discoveries, and literacy.
  • Lorenzo de'Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de'Medici

    He was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, who was the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of the Renaissance
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography
  • Erasmus
    1466

    Erasmus

    He was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.
  • Pope Paul III
    Feb 29, 1468

    Pope Paul III

    He was Pope from 13 October 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation.
  • Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Machiavelli

    He was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period.
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    He was a painter, print maker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.
  • Copernicus
    Feb 19, 1473

    Copernicus

    Was an astronomer, mathematician, translator, artist,and physicist. He is best known as the first astronomer to posit the idea of the heliocentric solar system.
  • Michelangelo
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
  • Inquisition
    1478

    Inquisition

    This was a group of institutions of government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy.
  • Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More

    Was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.
  • Raphael
    1483

    Raphael

    He was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
  • Martin Luther
    Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation.
  • Thomas Cranmer
    Jun 2, 1489

    Thomas Cranmer

    He was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, and Edward VI.
  • Ignatius of Loyala
    Oct 23, 1491

    Ignatius of Loyala

    He was a Spanish theologian and one of the most influential figures in the Catholic Reformation of the 16th century.
  • Henry VIII
    Apr 21, 1509

    Henry VIII

    He was the king of England until his death. He is best known for his six wives.
  • John Calvin
    Jun 10, 1509

    John Calvin

    He is known for his doctrine of predestination and his theocratic view of the state.
  • Sale of Indulgences
    1517

    Sale of Indulgences

    The Catholic Church sold indulgences to citizens in which they believed they would relieve them of their sins.
  • Elizabeth I
    Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth I

    Was queen of England and Ireland from November 1558 until her death. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor.
  • Heliocentric Theory
    1543

    Heliocentric Theory

    The theory that the earth revolves around the sun.
  • Councl of Trent
    1545

    Councl of Trent

    This was a ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Francis Bacon
    Jan 22, 1561

    Francis Bacon

    He was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He serves as Attorney general and as Lord Chancellor.
  • William Shakespeare
    1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist
  • Galileo
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo

    Was an Italian astronomer and physicist. He discovered four of Jupiter's moons.
  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes

    He was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. He is known for making the connection between geometry and algebra
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    He is best known for his work on gravity. He also worked on and discovered many other scientific wonders during his lifetime.