Early Modern Europe

  • Period: Jan 1, 1276 to Jan 1, 1337

    Giotto

    Italian, painter/artist, led the way in use of realism
  • Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374

    Petrarch

    recovery of classical texts would bring about a new golden age of intellectual achievement, started the idea of humanism
  • Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550

    Italian Renaissance

  • Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Sep 26, 1466

    Donatello

    sculptor, used classical figures with balance and self awareness
  • Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460

    Henry the Navigator

  • Period: Jan 1, 1415 to Jan 1, 1519

    Age of Portguguese Exploration and Expansion

  • Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Jan 1, 1519

    Da Vinci

    Mona Lisa, labeled as Renaissance genius
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Ottoman takeover of Constantinople

  • Jan 1, 1455

    Gutenberg's Printing Press

  • Period: Jan 1, 1457 to Jan 1, 1509

    Henry VII

  • Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Jan 1, 1519

    Tetzel

    German Dominican preacher known for selling indulgences
  • Period: Sep 26, 1469 to Sep 26, 1527

    Machiavelli

    "the Prince"
  • Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1550

    Northern Renaissance

  • Period: Sep 26, 1475 to Sep 26, 1564

    Michelangelo

    Sistine Chapel, David
  • Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520

    Raphael

    School of Athens
  • Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546

    Martin Luther

    start of Protestant ideas
  • Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Jan 1, 1531

    Zwingli

    important early reformer -- preached directly from the Bible
  • Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1556

    Loyola

    founded Jesuits
  • Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1547

    Henry VIII

  • Jan 1, 1492

    3Spain3 (Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews)

    Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews
  • Jan 1, 1494

    French Invades Italy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1494 to Jan 1, 1547

    Francis I

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Reformation

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1558

    Charles V

  • Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1564

    Calvin

  • Jan 1, 1510

    The School of Athens

  • Jan 1, 1513

    The Prince

    Machiavelli -- ideal ruler
  • Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Jan 1, 1582

    Teresa of Avila

  • Jan 1, 1517

    95 Theses

    Martin Luther -- against sale of indulgences
  • Period: Jan 1, 1519 to

    Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion

  • Period: Jan 1, 1521 to Jan 1, 1555

    Growth of Lutheranism

    1521-1526: Luther writes German bible (fondation for Lutheranism) 1555: Official Recongnition of Lutheranism
  • Period: Jan 1, 1534 to Jan 1, 1563

    Catholic Reformation/Counter-Reformation

    1534: Pope Paul III, 1563: Council of Trent
  • Period: Jan 1, 1541 to Jan 1, 1560

    Growth of Calvinism

    1541: Geneva established, 1560: John Knox persuades Scottish parliment to end papal authority
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus' "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies"

  • Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563

    Council of Trent

  • Jan 1, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Jan 1, 1555

    Abdication of Charles V

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV

  • Elizabeth I of England died

  • Beginning of the 30 Years' War

  • Charles I is executed and Cromwell came to power in England