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Period: Dec 1, 1300 to
The Renaissance Period (1300- 1650)
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Sep 19, 1348
The Black Death
The Black Death reduced Europe's population by over 50%. The Black Death was a horrible time which killed millions. Now some people think that the rats had spreaded this disease and some still think its people but this is still unsure. -
Jul 16, 1430
Joan of Arc
In 1430 Joan of Arc was captured by the English, because she was a threat to them, they accused her of being a heretic. Because she was accused of being a heretic she was burned alive of May 30 1431 at the age of 19. This is a story -
Jun 2, 1450
The Printing Press
Johann Gutenberg set up the first European printing presses in Germany, in around 1450. By 1473 there were printing presses in Spain, and William Caxton started his press in England in 1476. The printing press has developed so much and now we have keyboards, we press a button and it appears on the screen, now we have computors, laptops and we have keyboards that are easy to use. -
Apr 6, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli wrote the book called "The Prince" its about leadership skills and how people can be a leader themselves. Machiavelli always liked to be a leader, he liked to be on top, he was very good at it he had good leadership skills, he liked to take control. He wrote the book "The Prince" for people who wanted to be a leader like himself, he wanted people to stand up for themselves to become a leader. This changed the way a lot of people acted and thought. -
May 6, 1483
Raphael Sanzio painted "The Mute Woman"
Raphael Sanzo painted "The Mute Woman" it is well known around the world. I don't know exactly what this painting means but I think it means that some women around the world don't have a chance to stand up for their rights, and they have to work while the men just relax the whole day. This painting has an impact around the world to the other women who don't get to speak for their rights. -
Aug 7, 1485
Titian
Titian was a renaissance painter from Venice. He was amazing at using different textures. He was the best at using different textures. -
Oct 16, 1491
Henry VIII (8)
Henry the 8th had married a women and after some time wanted to divorce her but the church said that he wasn't allowed to do that, so he created his own church in 1534 and he was the pope of his church, so he was allowed to make his own rules so he got himself divorced. King Henry divorced 6 times because he wanted a son and he didn't get one, he got 1 daughter instead, he wanted a son so that he could take over king Henry's place as king. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Comlumbus discovered America, America was always there but he found out it was there, if it wasn't for him we wouldn't
have known about America at the moment, he also got the different foods from different countrires and for exmaple Bangkok, Bangkok has all different kinds of foods from different countries. -
Dec 16, 1503
Mona Lisa made by Leonardo Da Vinci
The 'Mona Lisa' was created between 1503 to 1519 by Leonardo Da Vinci. This painting has changed the way people painted, the way people looked at paintings,they used perspective and they looked at all the details in Leonardo Da Vinci's painting. He took a long time to make this because if you look closely you see many details in every single part of the painting and also he used perspective not only for the Mona Lisa but also for the background. -
Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti used his art skills to make "David." He had to use his sculpting skills, this "David" is very famous, because it has so much detail to very part. The "David" must have taken a very long time to make, and a lot of effort. This scultor changed the way people look at other people, The "David" changed the way people do art by making everything more detailed, he finished this sculptor on January 1504. -
Mar 11, 1513
Giovani de'Madeci
Giovanni de'Medici, second son of Lorenzo and younger brother of Piero became the first Medici pope, when he was only 38 on 11 March 1513. -
Oct 16, 1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakspeare is now the well known writer, he has written classics that has been very popular since that time, one of them is "Romeo and Juliet" that has been developed to movies, plays and some changed into cartoons. This has been learning experiences for many people in school, it has been a big part of their focas. -
Toilet invented
Sir John Harrington created the toilet back in 1596. Sir John Harrington was the first person to have created a valve that could release water from the water closet when pulled. Queen Elizebeth I recomended the pulling valve (flushing the toilet) once a day for sanitary purposes. This is a very important event because if it hadn't been for Sir John Harrington we wouldn't have toilets that flush properly. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei found out that the earth is not in the middle of the universe, before no one believed him because if they did, it would be a very bad thing because they don't believe what the church says, but because Galileo stood up for his own thoughts and what he knew was right he had a inquisition from the church and because they still didn't believe Galileo he was allowed to write a book about it but he wasn't allowed to teach it, he was sentened to a life time of house arrest. -
Period: to
The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal was built from 1632 to 1653, now the Taj Mahal is a very important place from Indian's and is known all around the world. The Taj Mahal is an amazing place where people go to pray for themselves and for their families, for them to have happiness, wealth, health, good jobs and educations and many more things. Now the Taj Mahal is one of the wonders of the world.
