Renaissance

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  • The beginning of the Renaissance
    Dec 7, 1300

    The beginning of the Renaissance

    This is the beginning of the Renaissance a French word for "rebirth"
  • Stanza della Segnatura, with frescoes by Raphael
    Dec 7, 1300

    Stanza della Segnatura, with frescoes by Raphael

    Raphael painted the Stanza della Segnature, and he painted it all over a big room.
  • The Black Death
    Dec 7, 1346

    The Black Death

    One of the most devastating pandemics in human history. There was an estimated 75 to 200 million deaths.
  • Humanism
    Dec 7, 1400

    Humanism

    Humanism is the importance of an individual and human society.
  • Gutenberg creates the printing press
    Dec 7, 1440

    Gutenberg creates the printing press

    Gutenberg made the printing press based on the existing screw presses.
  • Erasmus
    Dec 7, 1466

    Erasmus

    Born in 1466, Erasmus was a scholar and wrote in only Latin. He was a very big humanist and was called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists".
  • Lorenzo de Medici
    Dec 7, 1469

    Lorenzo de Medici

    Lorenzo ruled the Italian city of Florence
  • Botticelli completes The Birth Of Venus
    Dec 7, 1480

    Botticelli completes The Birth Of Venus

    It's by Sandro Botticelli commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence.
  • Rafael
    Dec 7, 1483

    Rafael

    Painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
  • Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni made by" Andrea del Verrochio
    Dec 7, 1483

    Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni made by" Andrea del Verrochio

    The second major monument in the Italian Renaissance.
  • Columbus
    Dec 7, 1492

    Columbus

    Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. He finished four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. He was famous for finding the Americas.
  • Da Vinci Paints The Last Supper
    Dec 7, 1495

    Da Vinci Paints The Last Supper

    commissioned by the church as a part of a plan of renovations.
  • Michelangelo sculpts the Pietà
    Dec 7, 1500

    Michelangelo sculpts the Pietà

    Christian art, Mary holding Jesus who is dead.
  • S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome by: Donato Bramante
    Dec 7, 1502

    S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome by: Donato Bramante

    A Christian Church made by: Donato Bramante.
  • Da Vinci paints The Mona Lisa
    Dec 7, 1503

    Da Vinci paints The Mona Lisa

    Oil painting created in Florence
  • Michelangelo begins painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
    Dec 7, 1508

    Michelangelo begins painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    Is a cornerstone work of the High Renaissance art. At the Sistine Chapel.
  • Henry VIII becomes the king of England
    Dec 7, 1509

    Henry VIII becomes the king of England

    He was the first English king of Ireland. He was the second Tudor monarch.
  • Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Church  of Wittenberg
    Dec 7, 1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg

    The priest and scholar Martin Luther nails a piece of paper containing the 95 evolutionary options to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. That would begin the protestant Reformation.
  • Titian Paints The Pope Paul III and his grandson.
    Dec 7, 1545

    Titian Paints The Pope Paul III and his grandson.

    It was an oil painting. Commissioned by the Farnese family.
  • The Reformation

    The Reformation

    The Protestant Reformation was a religious, political, intellectual and cultural major impact on Europe. Set belief that would define the continent in the modern era.