The Renaissance

Early Renaissance

Period: 1400 to 1500

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgzpDuQGVJ8

Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press

1450

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/johannes_gutenberg.php

Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas

1492

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbIh9S8UyLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCIWX0EIef8 Worksheets
https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=christopher%20columbus%20for%20kids#id=DD07FEA606CC515F615C99C3BCB30028E4D440FB

Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper

1495

https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=The%20Last%20Supper#id
=A60FF13CEFEB95E8957715E6784E3CA52B7BD843

High Renaissance

Period: 1495 to 1527

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1zeIrO50mY

Michelangelo begins his work on David

1501

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw4w2A64hOA

Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

1503

Michelangelo begins work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling

1508

Henry VIII becomes king of England

1509

https://www.timetoast.com/
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Ferdinand Magellan begins his world voyage

1519

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQE0NT233UE

Mannerism

Period: 1527 to 1600

https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Mannerism

Henry VIII and the Reformation

1534

He separates the Church of England from the Catholic Church of Rome so that he can divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewLpXw6uN28
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Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

1558

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/
history/monarchy/elizabeth-i-facts/

Spanish Armada defeated by English navy

1588

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87kZSY9On7k

Shakespeare builds 'The Globe' Theatre

1588

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3VGa6Fp3zI Draw the Globe Theatre https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=the%20globe%20theatre%20expalined%20for%20kids#id=D182848FD3888C31CA250417A77E0A421A3A94B9

Galileo discovers Jupiter's moons

1610

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/410-years-ago-galileo-discovers-jupiter-s-moons

Thirty years war begins

1618

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmKHYpC_jVsthirty years war