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Jan 1, 1436
Filippo Brunelleschi Builds the Florence Cathedral Dome
The Florence Cathedral Dome was completed in 1436, entirely designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The Dome of the Florence Cathedral, in itself, revolutionized architecture and engineering of the Renaissance, breaking with the typical medieval gothic style of the day and going with neo classical mediterranean style. It even continues to to influence us today, inspiring many of today’s architectural innovations. -
Jan 1, 1436
Leon Battista Alberti writes De Pictura
1435 and 1440 Leon Battista Alberti wrote De Pictura and De Re Aedificatoria, he inspired many Renaissance artists and was the man behind the Renaissance. He wrote a lot about the Renaissance and came to inspire many of the men we see as "Renaissance Men" such as Leonardo Da Vinci. -
Jan 1, 1440
Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press in 1440. The Printing Press revolutionizes the spread of information, providing the capability to spread intellect at a never before experienced pace. For example, after Martin Luther nails the 95 Thesis to the door of the Castle Church, they are printed and they spread rapidly through Europe, overtaking the continent within a matter of days and weeks. The Printing Press also greatly increases literacy and makes literature much more widely available. -
Jan 1, 1490
Leonardo Da Vinci Draws the Vitruvian Man
In 1490 the Vitrivian Man completely changes how people thought of anatomy and the human body. The Vitruvian Man provided the basis of everything we know about anatomy and the proportions of the human body. Leonardo Da Vinci also made many breakthroughs in art, science, and engineering. -
Jan 1, 1532
Nicolo Machiavelli Writes The Prince
Nicolo Machiavelli became famous for his philosophies from his book The Prince, such as the idea that a ruler should inspire fear and respect from his people and that a monarch should rule with an iron fist. These and many more philosophies revolutionized how monarchs ruled thier people. Ctaherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Petre the Great, and many more rulers implemented these techniques to rule strong and succesful nations. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent Launches the Counter Reformation
1545-1563, The Council of Trent launched the counter reformation, in response to Martin Luther's reformation. This entirely changed art and music, shifting popularity from the elaborate and over the top artists of baroque style such as Rembrandt and Peter Paul Rubens, to somple and elegant art and music, such as Mozart. -
The Scientific Method Is Developed
The Scientific Method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. It was developed by Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes approximately around 1619, but the date is unclear because no one person actually invented it, but it evolved over time. It revolutionized how we gather and record information and is still widely used today. It consists in systematic observation, measurement, experiment, and formulation. -
Dialogue On the Two Chief Systems of the World Was Written By Galileo
The Dialogue On the Two Chief Systems of the World was written in 1632, integrated physics and bastronomy in a new and never before seen way. It caused a great uproar in the Catholic church and supported the Copernican theory. The motion of the heavenly bodies was explained in this book and it brought forth mnay revolutionaru ideas such as the orbit and rotation of the planets being around the Sun rather than Earth. -
Newton Discovers Gravity
1677, entirely changes how people thought of our universe and increased our understanding of the world. In the discovery of gravity it was possible for many other discoveries in the field of physics to be made. The discovery of gravity is the basis of everything we know about physics today. The knowledge Gravity revolutionized science and made it possible for people to know not only more about the world, but also about outer space, which people only had a crude concept of at the time. -
Giovanni Alfonso Barellie wrote On The Motion Of Animals
1680, greatest early work on the the application of mechanics to the human organism is written by Giovani Alfonso Barelli, On the Motion of Animals. Giovanni Alfonso Barelli was the foremost influential thinker on the human body and mechanics an he was the earliest scientist to discover how mechanics applied to the human body and how human's bodies compared and contrasted from those of animals. This changed the popular idea that was held at the time that human and animal bodies were identical. -
Jean Jaques David
Born in 1748, Jacques- Louis David was a widely influential French painter in the neoclassical style. Even considered to be the preeminent painter of the Neoclassical era, in the 1780s, his cerebral style of painting signified a shift from Rococo frivolity to historical severity and austerity. This corresponded with the political climate, the final years of the Old Regime. David was also very politically active in the French Revolution, being close friends with Maximilien Robespierre. -
Dennis Diderot Composes the Encyclopedia
In 1751, at the very height of the Enlightenment, Denis Diderot sought to gather information and make it available to the public. He collected and summarized human knowledge in a variety of fields, all encompassing in their range from theology, to philosophy, to sciences, and to the arts. This original encyclopedia organized human knowledge not by a component of a category, but by a component of human thought, which was revolutionary at the time. -
Discovery of the Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 and it allowed us to rediscover civilizations past and further our knowledge of our history, as humankind. The Rosetta Stone gave us great insight into the past and their cultures and ways of life, and it also served as one of the most important primary resources in history. It contained three different languages, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Ancient Greek, which provided key information of our modern understanding of hieroglyphs. -
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The Age of Romanticism
The Age of Romanticism reached it’s peak between 1800 and 1850, partly as a reaction to Industrialism and partly as an intellectual movement challenging the political and social roles of the Enlightenment. In association with libertarianism and radicalism, it was most influential on visual arts, music, and literature. It had incredible and widespread effects on the arts. Many of the artists of the Age of Romanticism were Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lord Byron, and Eugene Delacroix. -
Mary Shelley Write Frankenstein
Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley in 1818 and was certainly controversial. It was met with unfavorable reviews because it was definitely revolutionary, being the first work of science fiction. But it was also important because it both asserted and challenged the Scientific Revolution and it’s beliefs. In the novel itself, science is used to create the monster, Frankenstein, but that is also the downfall of the book, posing the question “Has science gone too far?” -
The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt happened in 1825 and is very important because of it’s effects on Russia, and ultimately Europe. The Decembrist Revolt was an uprising of five Russian Army officers against Tzar Nicholas I’s ascension to the throne. Though unsuccessful, it led to the Russian Revolution and the spread of libertarianism through Russia, and ultimately Europe.
