the Renaissance key figures

By Steve Miller
  • Period: Sep 24, 1200 to

    Renaissance Key Figures

  • Jan van Eyck
    Sep 24, 1396

    Jan van Eyck

    Created "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin"
    Created " Lucca Madonna"
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Sep 24, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Created the printing press
    his wife was Else Wirick zum Gutenburg
  • Leonardo Da Vince born
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vince born

    Artist, Inventor
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    writing "the prince"
    origianally from Florence
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Painted "the knight"
    Painted "Death"
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti "born"
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti "born"

    Artist
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1476

    Baldassare Castiglione

    He was a Courier
    He died 2/2/1529
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, he was the lord chancellor.
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More

    Lord Chancellor
    known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935,
  • Rafael
    Mar 28, 1483

    Rafael

    Artist
  • Leonardo Da Vince "The Last Supper"
    Sep 24, 1495

    Leonardo Da Vince "The Last Supper"

  • Sep 24, 1501

    Michelangelo Buonarroti "David"

    Sculpture
  • Leonarda Da Vince "Mona LIsa"
    Sep 24, 1503

    Leonarda Da Vince "Mona LIsa"

    regeardad as on of the best art works of all time
  • Period: Sep 24, 1503 to Sep 24, 1519

    Leonardo Da Vince "Mona Lisa"

  • Michelangelo Buonarroti "Sistine Chapel Ceiling"
    Sep 24, 1508

    Michelangelo Buonarroti "Sistine Chapel Ceiling"

    painting
  • Leonardo Da Vince "Died"
    May 2, 1519

    Leonardo Da Vince "Died"

    a mouning day for the people of Florence, Venice, Rome, and France.
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    Wrote Romeo and Juliet
    Wrote Hamlet