Renaissance

Black Death revages Europe

Jan 1, 1347

Black death revages Europe, started from the eastern part of Europe and spread to Italy.
Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, It was believe to started from China or central Asia then spread Western through the Silk Road and then to Italy

Brunelleschi works on dome of Florence Cathedral. 

Jan 1, 1417

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 – April 15, 1446) was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. He is perhaps most famous for his discovery of perspective and for engineering the dome of the Florence Cathedral, but his accomplishments also include other architectural works, sculpture, mathematics, engineering and even ship design.

Francesco Sforza takes power in Milan. 

Jan 1, 1450

Francesco Sforza was born in San Miniato, Tuscany, one of the seven illegitimate sons of the condottiero Muzio Sforza and Lucia da Torsano. He spent his childhood in Tricarico (in the modern Basilicata), the marquisate of which he was granted in 1412 by King Ladislaus of Naples. In 1418, he married Polissena Ruffo, a Calabrese noblewoman.
From 1419, he fought alongside his father, soon gaining fame for being able to bend metal bars with his bare hands.

Birth of Leonardo da Vinci. 

Jan 1, 1452

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.

Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

Jan 1, 1453

Greek thinkers and works travel westward; end of Hundred Years War: stability returns to north-west Europe.
The Ottoman Empire. Also historically referred to as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, was a state founded by Turkish tribes under Osman Bey in north-western Anatolia in 1299.

The Gutenberg Bible published

Jan 1, 1454

Starting the printing revolutionises European literacy. The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the first major book printed with movable type in the West. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book in the West. Widely praised for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities,

Lorenzo de Medici, “The Magnificent”, takes power in Florence

Jan 1, 1469

His rule is considered the high point of the Florentine Renaissance. Lorenzo de' Medici (1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto[1] contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets.

Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper

Nov 14, 1498

The Last Supper is the final meal that, according to Christian belief, Jesus shared with his Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.[2] The Last Supper is commemorated by Christians especially on Maundy Thursday.[3] Moreover, The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as "Holy Communion" or "The Lord's Supper".

Leonardo: Mona Lisa; Dürer travels to Italy. 

Nov 16, 1505

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a poplar panel,

Michelangelo paints roof of the Sistine Chapel.

Nov 16, 1508

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.

Henry VIII succeeds to power in England.

Nov 16, 1509

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.

Death of Leonardo da Vinci.

Nov 16, 1519

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Italian pronunciation: (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519, was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.

Elizabeth I succeeds to the throne in England:

Nov 16, 1558

The start of the English “Golden Age”,Elizabeth I (known simply as "Elizabeth" until the accession of Elizabeth II; 7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess", mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth,

Death of Michelangelo. 

Nov 16, 1564

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni(6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo. No one knows how he died.

Camõs: The Lusiads;

Nov 16, 1572

St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of Protestants in France. Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and is usually identified with Nathaniel, who is mentioned in the John 1. He was introduced to Christ through Philip, another of the twelve apostles as per (John 1:43-51), where the name Nathaniel first appears.