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The Northern Renaissance

  • Invention Of The Gutenberg Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1440

    Invention Of The Gutenberg Printing Press

    Gutenberg Press is the greatest invention by far. Its is the first printing press produced used to make the first books and mass produce bibles.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1440 to

    Northern Renaissance

  • Christopher Columbus is born
    Jan 1, 1451

    Christopher Columbus is born

    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, Italy
  • Leonardo Da Vinci is Born
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci is Born

    Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, and engineer.
  • The Gutenberg Bible is Printed
    Jan 1, 1455

    The Gutenberg Bible is Printed

    The Gutenberg Bible was the first major book printed on the Gutenberg printing press.
  • Christopher Columbus's First Voyage
    Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus's First Voyage

    Christopher Columbus departed on his first voyage from the port of Palos, Spain, on 1492, in command of three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
  • Italian War of Charles VIII
    Jan 1, 1494

    Italian War of Charles VIII

    The Italian Wars were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved most of the city-states of Italy.
  • The Mona Lisa is Completed
    Jan 1, 1519

    The Mona Lisa is Completed

    The Mona Lisa is a portrait by the Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel
  • Shakespeare is Born
    Apr 26, 1564

    Shakespeare is Born

    William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
  • Comet of 1577
    Jan 1, 1577

    Comet of 1577

  • Death of the Queen Elizabeth I

    Death of the Queen Elizabeth I