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Period: Nov 11, 1337 to Nov 11, 1453
100 Years War
Fighting started in the Hundred Years' War because the Kings of England - descendants of William the Conqueror who still spoke French -wanted to rule France as well. France was temptingly weak and divided. It began with the English King Edward III already ruling a large part of France; it ended with him ruling hardly any, but with what is now Nord - Pas de Calais split off under foreign rule for several centuries. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Reinassance timeline
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Nov 5, 1401
Ghiberti Wins right to sculpt Northern Doors
1401: Ghiberti Wins the Right to Sculpt the Northern Doors of The Baptistry Ghiberti is commissioned and takes 28 years to sculpt the bronze doors of the Florentine church. The doors remain one of the most valued treasures of the Renaissance -
Oct 31, 1451
Cristhoper Culumbus
Columbus started the Columbia Exchange, which brought the potatoes and the corn to Europe, and Africa
Columbus was the first to discover the new world and discover an island and named in San Salvador.
He also founded a city called Isabella.
He started a large trend of European Exploration
He discovered America by a mistake -
Nov 11, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation. Strongly disputing the claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money, he confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation a -
Jan 28, 1491
King Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was king of England from 21 April 1509 until his death.
He was also lord of Ireland and claimant to the kingdom of France.
His coronation at age of 17
Establishing the Church of England in 1534 and the Act of Supremacy
Produced three children who all ruled as the King or Queens of England continuing the Tudor Dynasty: King Edward VI, Bloody Mary and Queen Elizabeth I -
Nov 11, 1494
Francis 1 King Of France
Francis I of France, called the Father and Restorer of Letters, was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. Francis I is considered to be France's first Renaissance monarch. His reign saw France make immense cultural advances. He was a contemporary of King Henry VIII of England and of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, his great rivals, and Suleiman the Magnificent, his ally. -
Nov 9, 1512
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a great leader in the Italian Renaissance.
His greatest glory, painting the Sistine Chapel, began in 1508, and was completed in 1512.
Beginning in 1491, Michelangelo carved Madonna of the Stairs. It took him one year to complete
The paintings on the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the Pieta in Rome, the statue of David in Florence to name just a few.
The statue of David -
Nov 10, 1535
Church Of England
Henry VIII deems himself Supreme Head of the Church of England -
Nov 10, 1539
Bible
The Great Bible printed -
Nov 10, 1564
New Borns Shakespheare and Malowe
Christopher Marlowe born in Canterbury William Shakespeare born