World History Renaissance & Reformation Timeline

  • 1268

    Eyeglasses Invention

    Eyeglasses Invention
    1268 and 1300. That was when they were invented there is two years because no one exactly knows when they were created. All we know is that this invention helped people with their reading and their seeing.
  • 1300

    Madona with Child (Art or Artist)

    Madona with Child (Art or Artist)
    Madonna and Child were painted by one of the most influential artists of the late 13th and early 14th century, Duccio di Buoninsegna.
  • Period: 1300 to

    The Catholic Church

    The Catholic Church was a big deal. The Church wanted money for a new building and couldn't get the money from the prince or lord or king. so they started to sell indulgences. This lead to them having power and the prince was like no start serving taxes you got all this money. Well, the church did and they kept selling cause they need the money for a new building saint benyard. (something like that.)
  • Period: 1300 to

    Daily life and culture of the Renaissance.

    People began to enjoy more parties, food, clothes, style and new wine. The years have gone by and the dresses got a lot lighter and the food a lot better and the men's outfits got less girl tight like. The outfits back in that time were big and look like you could die of a heat stroke.
  • 1308

    The Divine Comedy (Literacy Work)

    The Divine Comedy (Literacy Work)
    This poem was written by Dante Alighieri. This poem was about a Journey of a human and the journey of the soul on its way to God himself.
  • 1352

    Giovanni Boccaccio (Patrons of the Arts)

    He was one of the Many patrons that bought art of himself. He paid a lot of money to get a painting of him. He gave money to pay for supplies to the painter after seeing that the painter was really great at painting.
  • 1386

    Donatello (Art or Artist)

    Donatello (Art or Artist)
    Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello. He was a famous Sculptor. He had many works and was the most talented sculptor. He mainly did human bodies cause he was all about it.
  • 1435

    Andrea della Robbia (Art or Artist)

    Andrea della Robbia (Art or Artist)
    She was a famous Italian sculptor. Her skills were mainly on ceramics. SHe would make sculptors of things from heaven like angels and other things such as god himself. Her most famous art was the Virgin and Child.
  • 1440

    Prnting press Invention

    Prnting press Invention
    The printing press was invented to help spread word of news and church stuff across the nation. It was faster to get something important to spread out.
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leanardo De Vinchi (Art or Artist)

    Leanardo De Vinchi (Art or Artist)
    He was born on the 15th of April. He grew up studying art. He actually used to work as a brush boy for an artist before him. After he got out of school he started doing his own art.
  • 1483

    Martin Luther (Martin Luther and Protesant and Reformation)

    Martin Luther was a monk that took way to god and taught at a church. He wrote book on some bad things about the Church but he didnt want to go against the church just wanted to chanfe things.
  • 1500

    Cosimo de' Medici (Patron of the Arts)

    Cosimo de' Medici (Patron of the Arts)
    The Medici family was a banking family. They were one other patron to the Renaissance arts. They paid good money to buy are and support the artists that did so.
  • 1500

    The Prince (Literacy Work)

    The Prince (Literacy Work)
    This was written by Niccolo Machiavelli. Its book explains power on so many levels. The book talks about how power was misused. He showed his skill to the world and the printing press helped out.
  • 1503

    Mona Lisa (Art or Artist)

    Mona Lisa (Art or Artist)
    The Mona Lisa was painted between 1503 and 1507. But Leanardo started painting her in 1503. Some mysteries tie with this painting. Like how people know that there is a different lady behind all the paint.
  • 1513

    Pope Leo X (Catholic Church)

    Pope Leo was the most important Pope in the History of the Renaissance. He was the pope when Martin Luther did his acts of the 95 theses. He was picked to be pope by the church in the year 1513.
  • 1517

    Selling of Indulgences (Martin Luther)

    This was an event that Martin Luther experienced and hated. He saw people buy fake indulgences. He wrote a lesson or book about the wrongs of the indulgences.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    95 theses (Martin Luther)

    The 95 theses were written by Martin himself. He took the time to write those of and nail them to the door of the church. Then some people who follow Martin take it down and print it out to spread it around to help Martin and his case.
  • 1532

    Sun is Center of Solar System (Scietific Discoveries)

    Nicolaus Copernicus. He found out that the sun was the center of the solar system. Other Discoveries were that heat was a source of Electricity.
  • Romeo and Juliet (Literacy Work)

    Romeo and Juliet (Literacy Work)
    This book/Play was written for entertainment for people to watch. This book was written by William Shakespeare. People enjoyed his works and enjoyed the plays.
  • The Telescope Inventions

    The Telescope Inventions
    Galileo invented the telescope. He built it so he could study the tar. Or help others study the stars. He knows there was one way to get a better look at the stars.