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1248
Scientific Method
Created by Francis Bacon in 1248 . Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly based on empirical or measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. -
1398
Johan Gutenberg
Johan Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher. Gutenberg created the printing press in 1439 and made books to be published rapidly. This helped spread the bible and the ability to make translated bibles faster. -
1400
Humanism
Humanism was founded in the 19th by Georg Voigt. Their outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems. -
1400
Perspective
Perspective is the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point. Created by Filippo Di Ser Brunellesco in the 1300-1400's. -
1440
Printing Revolution
The printing press started around 1440 when Johannes Gutenberg in The Holy Roman Empire. This spread religion to countries, because translation and how fast production went. This machine made thousands of books and revolutionized the world and knowledge. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was a Italian Renaissance man commonly known for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He was self-thought in most arts like engineering and painting. He also has invented modern technologies centuries before they were made, like the helicopter, thank, bicycle and even the airplane. -
Oct 27, 1469
Erasmus
Erasmus was a Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, teacher and a theologian. He was a strong humanist and wrote in the Bible in vernacular. Some of his works are On Free Will, The Praise of Folly and the Handbook of a Christian Knight. -
Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus
Copernicus was a renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. In 1519 he formulated an economics principle that later came to be called Gresham's law. He later died of a stroke in 1543. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a Italian Renaissance man mostly know for sculpting. He is most known for the paintings in the Sistine Chapel and the statue of David. He had a major influence on the development of western art. -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More
Sir Thomas More was a Renaissance Humanist, lawyer, social philosopher and author. He wrote Utopia which was a book about the perfect society for monarchs. This is what help shaped Henry VIII's England. -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
Raphael was a famous painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His famous works are the School of Athens, The Sistine Madonna, and The Transfiguration. He randomly died on his birthday turning , April 6, 1520. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German priest who sought out against the church for their in-holy was. He is most famous for nailing 90 some reasons against the church on the door of a church in Germany. He later created his own religion called Lutheranism. -
Jun 28, 1491
King Henry VIII
England's biggest King and biggest tyrant Henry the VIII. He had many health and injuries through out his years that may have caused his tyranny through England, he is also famous for his six wives. He was estimated to have 72,000 people executed. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
John Calvin was an influential French theologian, pastor and reformer during the Protestant Reformation. He was the founder of the religion Calvinism which is based off Christian theology. Various Congregational, Reformed, and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world. -
Sep 7, 1533
Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. She died of blood poisoning. -
1543
Heliocentric Theory
This theory was first proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer. He first published the heliocentric system in his book: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium , "On the revolutions of the heavenly bodies," which appeared in 1543. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
Galileo Galilei was an Italian polymath. Galileo is a central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is a poet, playwright and actor for the late 1500's. He is arguably the best writer in the English Language and the worlds pre-eminent dramatist. His famous works are Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Hamlet. -
Sale of Indulgences
Although reformers had many complaints about the Catholic Church of the 16th century, the practice of selling "indulgences" raised the most opposition. An indulgence was a payment to the Catholic Church that purchased an exemption from punishment (penance) for some types of sins. -
Issac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that dominated scientists' view of the physical universe for the next three centuries.
