Renaissance Timeline

  • Period: 1265 to 1321

    Dante

    Dante is an Italian philosopher and writer who is best known for The divine Comedy.
  • Period: 1346 to 1353

    Black Death

    The black death was a deadly plague passed along on rat fleas.
  • 1450

    Printing Press

    The printing press was invented
  • Period: 1469 to 1527

    Macheavelli

    Machiavelli is an Italian philosopher and political writer who is best known for The Prince.
  • Period: 1483 to 1546

    Martin Luther

    Luther was a catholic monk. He started his own religion, Lutheranism.
  • Period: 1490 to 1547

    Henry Vlll

    Henry wanted a male heir and his wife Catherine gave him a daughter and the pope didn't do divorces so he killed her.
  • Period: 1509 to 1564

    John Calvin

    John converted to Protestantism at the age of 25, he believed that the Catholic Church had fallen far from the original Christian Church.
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    This was an English act of Parliament that recognized Henry Vlll as the supreme head of the church of England.
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    The council of Trent

    The council of Trent was was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.
  • Period: 1564 to

    Shakespeare

    Shakespeare is an English playwright, his plays are still performed to this day.