Early Modern European History

By elianna.timmons
  • Period: Jan 1, 1266 to Jan 1, 1337

    Giotto

    Italian painter and architect in Florence led the way in the use of realism especially in his treatment of the human body and face.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374

    Petrarch

    Father of Humanism. Came up with the idea to study Latin and Greek texts. Came up with the term "Dark Ages"
  • Period: Sep 23, 1330 to Sep 23, 1550

    Italian Renaissance

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

    Donatello

    Sculptor revived the classical figure, with its balance
    and self-awareness
  • Period: Sep 24, 1394 to Sep 24, 1460

    Henry the Navigator

    responsible for the early development of Portuguese exploration and maritime trade with other continents through the systematic exploration of Western Africa, the islands of the Atlantic Ocean, and the search for new routes.
  • Period: Sep 24, 1420 to Sep 24, 1500

    Age of Portuguese Expansion and exploration

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

    Da Vinci

    best embody the new concept of the
    Renaissance artist as genius. Was an artist, mathmatician, scientist, sculptur ect.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Ottoman takeover of Constantinople

    Final end of the Roman Empire, became the Ottoman Empire and became Islamic. Became the end of the Middle Ages
  • Jan 1, 1455

    Gutenberg's Printing Press

    More texts in Vernacular language, spread of literacy and knowledge
  • Period: Sep 24, 1457 to Sep 24, 1509

    Henry VII

    First monarch of the House of Tudor, restoration of politic stability
  • Period: Sep 24, 1465 to Sep 24, 1519

    Tetzel

    the Grand Commissioner for indulgences in Germany. Tetzel was reputedly known for granting indulgences in exchange for money, which allow a remission of temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven
  • Period: Jan 1, 1469 to Jan 1, 1527

    Machiavelli

    Civic humanist who wrote the Prince
  • Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1564

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo went to Rome and began a series of statues, paintings, and
    architectural projects of considerable note, including the Pieta, Moses, the
    redesigning of the Capitoline Hill in central Rome, and, most amously, the dome for Saint Peter’s and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520

    Raphael

    became the most sought after artist in Europe,
    overseeing a large workshop with many collaborators and writing treatises on his philosophy of art in which he emphasized the importance of developing an orderly sequence of design and proportion.
  • Period: Sep 24, 1483 to Sep 24, 1546

    Martin Luther

  • Period: Sep 24, 1484 to Sep 24, 1531

    Zwingli

    The Swiss humanist, priest, and admirer of Erasmus,
    was convinced that Christian life rested on the Scriptures, which were the pure
    words of God and the sole basis of religious truth. Like Luther, he went on to attack indulgences and clerical celibacy, and then went
    even further in criticizing the Mass and monasticism.
  • Period: Sep 24, 1491 to Sep 24, 1556

    Loyola

    The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, founded by Ignatius Loyola played a
    powerful role in strengthening Catholicism in Europe and spreading the faith around
    the world.
  • Period: Sep 25, 1491 to Sep 25, 1547

    Henry VIII

    English and radical changes in English constitution
  • Sep 23, 1492

    Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews (Spain)

    Created Spain to be overall a Christian state, new world discovered by Columbus, Spanish Inquisition created to take out undesirables.
  • Period: Sep 24, 1492 to

    Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion

  • Period: Sep 24, 1494 to Sep 24, 1547

    Francjs I

    In france, A prodigal patron of the arts, he initiated the French Renaissance by attracting many Italian artists to work on the Château de Chambord, including Leonardo da Vinci, who brought the Mona Lisa with him, which Francis had acquired. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the rise of absolute monarchy in France, the spread of humanism and Protestantism, and the beginning of French exploration of the New World. Jacques Cartier and others claimed lands in the Americas for Franc
  • Sep 25, 1494

    French Invades Italy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Northern Renaisancce

  • Period: Sep 25, 1500 to Sep 25, 1558

    Charles V

    Holy Roman Emperor
  • Sep 24, 1509

    School of Athens

    Fresco painted by Raphael
  • Period: Sep 24, 1509 to Sep 24, 1564

    Calvin

    Calvin believed that God had specifically selected him to reform the church, and
    beginning in 1541, he worked assiduously to establish a Christian society in
    Geneva ruled by God through civil magistrates and reformed ministers. The cornerstone of Calvin’s theology, embodied in The Institutes of the Christian
    Religion. was his belief in the absolute sovereignty and omnipotence of God and the total weakness of humanity. Calvin ascribed to the theological principle called pre
  • Sep 23, 1513

    "The Prince"

    Written by Machiavelli as first modern form of politics. States it's better to be loved then feared and do what ever it takes to remain in power.
  • Period: Sep 24, 1515 to Sep 24, 1582

    Teresa of Avila

    prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, an author of the Counter Reformation and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be a founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with John of the Cross.
  • Sep 23, 1517

    95 Theses

    Written by Martin Luther to point out the faults of the Catholic Church. Hung up at Wittenberg
  • Period: Sep 24, 1517 to Sep 24, 1555

    Reformation

    Reformation of the Church started by Martin Luther
  • Period: Sep 24, 1517 to Sep 24, 1560

    Growth of Lutheranism

  • Period: Sep 24, 1536 to Sep 24, 1560

    Growth of Calvinism

    Men and women
    cannot actively work to achieve salvation; rather, God in his infinite wisdom decided at the beginning of time who would be saved and who damned
  • Sep 23, 1543

    Copernicus' On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies

    Heliocentric model
  • Period: Sep 24, 1545 to

    Catholic Reformation

    Response to Reformation, Council of Trent
  • Period: Sep 24, 1545 to Sep 24, 1563

    Council of Trent

    Pope Paul III established the Holy Office, with jurisdiction over the Roman
    Inquisition, which had the power to arrest, imprison, and execute suspected
    heretics.
  • Sep 23, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Coexist of Cathlocism and Lutheranism ending struggle but did not completely stabilize
  • Sep 25, 1555

    Abdication of Charles V

    Gave land of spain to his son Philip

  • Defeat of Spanish Armada

    English defeated invincible armada made England a world class power and introduced naval battle

  • Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV

    Gave Calvinists in France rights

  • Elizabeth I of England died

  • Beginning of 30 Years' War

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

    Parliament was abolished and created council of the state but did not last long