The Renaissance

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  • 1420

    Papacy returns to Rome from France

  • 1440

    Printing Press Invented

    Printing Press Invented
    Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
  • 1453

    Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople

    Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople
    Ottoman conquest of Constantinople: many Greek thinkers and works travel westward, seen as a moment of massive cultural transfer between east and west; end of Hundred Years War: stability returns to northwest Europe
  • 1454

    Gutenberg

    Gutenberg
    Johan Gutenburg prints the Gutenburg Bible
  • 1464

    Lorenzo de Medici

    Rules over Florence
  • 1469

    Spanish Kingdoms Unite Aragon and Castile

    Spanish Kingdoms Unite Aragon and Castile
    Ferdinand and Issabella's marriage unite the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile
  • 1482

    Prima Vera

    Prima Vera
    Sandro Boticelli paints the famous Prima Vera
  • 1485

    King Henry Vll

    King Henry Vll
    King Henry Becomes King
  • 1485

    King Henry Vll Establishes the Tudor Line in England

    King Henry Vll Establishes the Tudor Line in England
    See picture for details
  • 1492

    Columbus

    Columbus
    Columbus lands in the New World
  • 1498

    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper
    The Last Supper completed by Leonardo DaVinci
  • 1498

    Vasco Da Gama

    Vasco Da Gama
    Vasco Da Gama discovers a route from Portugal to India
  • 1501

    David

    David
    Michelangelo creates the David Sculpture
  • 1506

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Mona Lisa Completed by Leonardo DaVinci
  • 1511

    School of Athens

    School of Athens
    Raphael paints the School of Athens
  • 1512

    Michelangelo completes Chapel

    Michelangelo completes Chapel
    Michelangelo completes the Sistine Chapel ceiling
  • 1513

    The Prince

    The Prince
    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince about early views of modern Political Theory
  • 1516

    Utopia

    Utopia
    Sir Thomas Moore publishes Utopia
  • 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
  • 1517

    Religious Schism

    Start of the Reformation. This religious schism divides Europe spiritually permanently, and is heavily influenced by Humanist thinking, a mark of the Renaissance.
  • 1519

    Leonardo DaVinci Dies

    Leonardo DaVinci Dies
    Leonardo DaVinci Dies
  • 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    First trip around the world.
  • 1534

    Church of England

    Henry Vll breaks from the Catholic Church and creates the Church of England
  • 1543

    On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

    On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
    Nicolaus Copernicus publishes a book on heliocentric universe
  • 1558

    Elizabeth l takes the throne in England

    Elizabeth l takes the throne in England
    Elizabeth l is crowned Queen of England

  • Henry Vl Takes Thrown in France

    Henry Vl Takes Thrown in France
    Creating the powerful Bourbon Dynasty

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet
    Shakespeare Writes Hamlet

  • Don Quixote

    Don Quixote
    Miguel De Cervantes publishes Don Quixote, it is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature

  • New Astronomy

    New Astronomy
    Johannes Kepler is a key figure in the 17th-century scientific revolution. He is best known for his laws of planetary motion, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy. These works also provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation.

  • The Starry Messenger

    The Starry Messenger
    Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) published Sidereus Nuncius, or the 'Starry Messenger' in 1610. In it he provided a lively and accessible account of his telescopic work.

  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Sir Isaac Newton
    Sir Isaac Newton establishes the law of motion