Humanities Timeline

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  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar death

    He was a Roman dictator - politician, military general, historian
  • 27 BCE

    Empire begins

    Roman Empire which was post-Roman Republic began
  • 117

    Rome at the greatest extent

    Rome was the greatest extent at the time of Trajan's death
  • Period: 284 to 305

    Rule of Diocletian

    Roman emperor
  • 306

    Legalization of Christianity

    Under Constantine's rule, Christianity began to be the main religion of the Roman Empire.
  • 306

    Legalization of Christianity

  • Period: 306 to 337

    Rule of Constantine

    Roman emperor
  • 390

    First Sack of Rome

    Battle of the Allia
  • 395

    Split of the Roman Empire and move to Constantinople

    Roman Empire was split after the death of Theodosius I and they moved to Constantinople.
  • 476

    End of Western Empire

    Western Roman Empire had ended
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Reign of Justinian

    Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
  • Period: 647 to 709

    Muslims Conquer North Africa

    Muslim conquered the Maghreb, Northwest Africa
  • 732

    Battle of Tours

    Frankish General Charles Martel crushed an invading Muslim army at Tours in France
  • 793

    Viking Invasions

    First Viking raid in England
  • Period: 800 to 814

    Rule of Charlemagne

    Medieval emperor who ruled Western Europe
  • Period: 862 to 885

    Missionary of St. Cyril and Methodius

    In 862, the brothers began the work in Great Moravia Empire and after the death of St. Cyril, Methodius continued the work among the Slavs alone until his death, 885 AD
  • 1054

    East-West Schism

    the break of communion between what are now the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches
  • 1095

    Crusade

    It was a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Symbol of justice, fairness, and human rights
  • 1236

    Mongol Invasion

    Mongol invasions and conquests occurred throughout the 13th century
  • 1296

    Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral

    Florence cathedral is the cathedral of the Florence
  • Period: 1308 to 1320

    Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy.

    Dante is Italian poet
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    100 year war

    Between the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, and the French House of Valois, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France.
  • Period: 1346 to 1353

    Plague

    One of the most devastating epidemic of disease in human history
  • 1377

    The Papacy returned to Rome

    Papacy is power of the Pope
  • 1415

    Jan Hus Dies

    Jan Hus was a Czech theologian, philosopher, master, dean, and rector of the Chrles University.
  • 1439

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.

    Printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print paper or cloth.
  • 1449

    The invention of printing press

    A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print paper.
  • 1453

    End of Eastern Empire

    Fall of Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
  • 1469

    Lorenzo de Medici ascends to power in Florence

  • 1486

    Botticelli completed the painting The Birth of Venus.

    Sandro Botticelli was Italian painter in Early Renaissance.
  • Period: 1491 to 1547

    King Henry VIII

    He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father, Henty VII.
  • 1508

    Sistine Chapel

    Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in Vatican City.
  • 1511

    Erasmus published The Praise of Folly

    The Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 bt Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511
  • 1517

    Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

    Leonardo Da Vinci was Italian polymath. He has skills for invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther nails 95 Theses

    It is a of propositions for an academic disputation
  • 1543

    Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory

    Copernican heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus.
  • 1545

    Start of Counter-Reformation

    Counter-Reformation was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation
  • 1558

    Elizabeth I became Queen of England.

    She was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 24 March 1603.

  • The invention of the microscope

    Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope first.

  • William Shakespeare builds the Globe theatre. He will write many of his great plays over the next few years including Hamlet and Macbeth.

  • Galileo studies planets with his telescope

    Galileo found 4 satellites of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system

  • Kepler discovered elliptical orbits

    All planets move in elliptical orbits, with the sun at one focus.
  • Period: to

    30 Years War

    It was a war fought primarily in Central Europe.

  • Bacon published Novum Organum

    Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon.

  • Galileo was warned by the Catholic Church

    Because of heliocentric theory

  • Peace of Westphalia

    The peace was a series of peace treaties signed in the Westphalian cities of Osnabruck and Munster, largely ending the European wars of religion.