Adam and Billy's Renaissance time line

Dante writes the Divine Comedy

Sep 14, 1321

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature adn is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.

Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales

Aug 22, 1390

Geoffrey Chaucer Wrote The Canterbury Tales at the end of the 14th century. The Canterbury Tales are told as part of a story telling contest by group of pilgrims as the work together on a journey.

Donatello creates his statue of St. George

Aug 22, 1417

Donatello was an early Renassissance Italian artist and sculptor from Florence.In 1417 he completed the statue of St. Goerge for the Confraternity of the Cuirass-makers. He also sculpted a tabernacle for this work.

Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini portrait

Aug 22, 1434

jan was a Flemish painter active in Burges and considered one of the best .

Visconti ruler of Milan dies

Aug 13, 1447

Filippo Maria Visconti died August 13, 1447.The son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, became the nominal ruler of Pavia in 1402. He was very cruel, paranoid, and extremely sensitive of his personal ugliness.

Charles VIII of France invades Naples

Feb 22, 1494

Charles was born at the Chateau d'Amboise in France on June 30, 1470 and died on April 7,1498 at the age of 27. He died because he struck his head on a lintel of a door. He was a member of the House of Valois. he invaded Italy with 25,000 men on Feburary 22, 1495.

Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

Aug 23, 1505

Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa in the 16th century. He was an Italian Reniassance, he was sculptor, painter engineer, and inventor. leonardo also painted The Last Supper.

Erasmus writes his satire The Praise of Folly

Aug 23, 1509

Erasmus was a Dutch Reniassance, humanist, catholist priest, and a theologian.He has also been known as "the crowning gloryof the christian humanists. He lived through the reformation period, but while he was critical to the church, he could not bring himself to join the cause of the reformers.

Machiavelli writes The Prince

Aug 19, 1513

Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 and died on June 21, 1527 at the age of 58. He wrote The Prince, in which concerns how to acquire and keep political power. From his point of view a Prince's attitude towrad power must be based on understanding of human nature.

Martin Luther presents the Ninety- five Theses

Aug 23, 1517

Martin was a German priest and proffessor of theology who initiated the protestant reformation.Luther taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds.

The Church Excommunticates Luther

Aug 23, 1521

Luther was exocommunicated by the Pope and the condemnationas an outlaw by the emperor. He taught that salvation was not earned by good deeds but recieved only as a free gift of Gods grace.

Invading Armies sack Rome

Aug 19, 1527

The Terrible sack of Rome in 1527 by the armies of the Spanish king Charles I ended the I Italian waras and keft the Spanish a dominant force in Italy.

Castilogne writes The Book of the Courtier

Aug 19, 1528

The ideals from the nobles or aristocats were clearly expressed in The Book of the Courtier. In the book, the courtier is described as having a cool mind, a good voice, along with proper bearing and gestures. The courtier is expected to have a warrior spirit, to be athletic, and have good knowledge of humanities.

War between the Protestant and Catholic states in Switzerland

Aug 23, 1531

Warbroke out between the Protestant and the catholic States in Switzerland. Zurichs army was routed, and Zwingli was found wounded on the battlefield.

The Act of Supremacy is passed in England

Aug 23, 1534

This declares that King was " taken, accepted, and reputed the only supreme head on earth of the new Church England.This position gave the king control over religious doctrine, clerical appointments, and discipline.

The Society of Jesus becomes a religious order

Aug 23, 1540

This is known as the Jesuits, was founded by a spanish nobleman, Ignatius of Loyaola. Loyola gathered together a small group of followers, which was recognized as a religious order by the pope in 1540.

The Council of Trent is formed

Aug 23, 1545

A group of Cardinals archbishops, bishops, abbots, and theologians met in the city of Trent, on the border between Germany, And Italy.

Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary" becomes Queen of England

Aug 23, 1553

mary was Catholic who wanted to restore England to Roman Catholicism. Among other actions, she had more than three hundred Protestants burned as heretics.

The Peace of Augsburg divides Germany

Aug 23, 1555

An end to religious warfare in germany came in 1555with the Peace of Agsburg. This agreement formally accepted the division of Christianity in Germany.