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Jan 1, 1398
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg, a well known Goldsmith was born in 1398 and died February 3, 1468. He is best known for inventing the western Printing press. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
This Is The Renaissance
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May 30, 1440
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invents his printing press. It makes books easier to mass produce, limits the power of governments and churches, and spreads literacy all over Europe. -
Dec 31, 1440
Donatello sculpts the bronze David
Donatello, a renaissance sculpter, created a statue of the biblical hero David around the year 1440. It was a male nude depicting a young boy with a slingshot. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de Medici
Lorenzo was born in 1449. He ruled Florence Italy from 1469-1492, when he died. He took control of Florence when his grandfather, Cosimo died. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The Ottoman's took over Constantinople. Constantinople was named in favor of Constantine, who was the fist king of Constantinople. -
Jun 1, 1480
Aerial Screw, DaVinci's Helicopter
Davinci's concept of a Helicopter, showing the dinamics of lift and hinting at the future of flight. -
Jun 1, 1486
The Birth of Venus
One of Botticelli's most famous paintings, the Birth of Venus is a Roman/Pagan artwork painted by the Artist Sandro Botticelli, who painted a lot of pagan/religious artworks and was commissioned by the Medici family. -
Jun 1, 1487
Vitruvian Man
Painter/scientist, Leonardo DaVinci, did this drawing of the man and his full range of motion. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon) sailed the atlantic ocean in hopes of finding India. But instead his crew discovered a new land, which they called America. -
Nov 1, 1493
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon lands in the Carribean with a fleet led by Christopher Columbus. This was Chris's second voyage to the New World. -
Dec 25, 1497
Vasco de Gama
Vasco de Gama
Portuguese Navagator, Vasco de Gama, went around the cape of good hope to reach India. -
Jul 5, 1500
Paris Bordone
Italian mannerist painter trained by Titian. He didn't like Titian. He painted a lot of nudes. -
May 29, 1504
Leonardo DaVinci paints Mona Lisa
Leonardo Davinci created this classic in the years before he died. It, alongside The Scream, is one of the most popular painings in history. -
May 30, 1504
Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo created his own David from marble in 1504. It was a very large male nude. Michelangelo sculpted trying to capture the perfect beauty of the man's body. -
Jun 4, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan begins his voyage around the world. He heads west around South America from Spain. -
Apr 27, 1521
Magellan Dies
Magellan dies in the Philipines -
May 31, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born in 1564 and died in 1642. He showed that the weight of an object doesn't determine how fast it falls and hits the ground. A marble and a bowling ball dropped from the same height at the same time will hit the ground at the same time. -
Apr 4, 1575
Jakob Bohme
Jakob Bohme is born on this day. he was a german christian Philosopher -
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare wrote this tragedy about a couple of teens who fall in love and end up dead at the end because they each thought the other was dead. Juliet pretended to kill herself. Then Romeo killed himself and then Juliet really killed herself. -
Shakespeare writes Hamlet
William Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet in this year. the actual date of the play's writing is unknown.
