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Jan 1, 1334
Giotto Di Bondone
created a new perspective, and he made people more realistic; one example of this is by adding emotion to the peoples faces
Art is now made using his techniques and skills. This technique was not used for over 200 years -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death
1347 - 1351
One third of Europe's population was killed because the black death; trade collapses Because of the black death, people have significantly improved healthcare to prevent this from happening again. Hygiene has also become more important to people after they died from not caring about it. -
Jan 1, 1440
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg Invented the first printing press. Before this invention, books had to be hand - written; with the printing press they could mass produce books, enabling poorer people to be able to read books. Without the invention, books would be extremely expensive, and rare. Without books, literary education would be hard to get and expensive. Because of the invention, books are easy to acquire -
Nov 15, 1449
Lorenzo De Medici
1449 - 1492 Lorenzo de Medici was an Italian statesman. He was the ruler of the Florentine republic.
He was important because he Was a diplomat and a patron of arts. He gave lots of money to artists so they could create Masterpieces. -
Nov 15, 1475
MichelAngelo
1475 - 1564 Michelangelo was a famous painter in the renaissance. He is considered to be one of the best painters of all time.
He is an example of human ingenuity because of his huge influence on western art. He was an amazing painting -
Nov 15, 1483
Martin Luther
1483 - 1546
Martin Luther was a German monk, priest, and a professor of theology. He was an important figure to the protestant reformation. He disputed that freedom of god's punishment to you could be removed with money. He wrote the ninety-five theses.
He is an example of human ingenuity because of his protests towards the Christian church. -
Nov 15, 1491
King Henry the 8th
1491 - 1547
Created prototypes for war machines, like the Tank; also known as the "Armored Car"
Because of this, countries are able to defend there land and people. Making the world safer and more dangerous -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
Christopher Columbus led his three ships, Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria from spain. He wanted to sail west until he reached Asia, but discovered America Instead. Without the Discovery, Europeans might not have found America. -
Nov 15, 1504
Leonardo De vinci Paints the Mona Lisa
Leonardo painted a portrait of Lisa Gherardini. It was paited in 1504. This has affected us because it is considered the most known piece of art in the world. Everyone in the world knows about it, which makes it important -
Telescope
Galileo Invents the telescope. When he invented the telescope he was able to see the rings of Saturn.
Because of Galileo's Invention, we can now study the stars and planets. This enables us to see changes in the solar system. -
King James Bible
The king James Bible is a translation of the Christian bible. It was translated from greek.
This is important because now Everyone can read the bible, (if you can read English) -
Scientific Method
900 - 1300 The scientific method was invented by Muslim Scholars. The scientific method is a procedure that you follow when you conduct an experiment .
Scientists now have a way of checking there work. This is an example of human ingenuity because now people can check their work; making science more accurate.
