Renaissance

Eyeglasses and Spectacles

Oct 19, 1287

Historians are not sure who invented the first spectacles. In the late thirteen century around 1287 paintings first appeared with people wearing or holding spectacles. From these paintings we know that spectacles were invented in Italy.

Joan of arc

Oct 19, 1431

She believed she had been chosen to lead the army of France in battles with England. She carried a banner onto the battlefield, but no weapon. The English soldiers were afraid of her because they felt she had supernatural power.

Johann Gutenberg (Germany)

Oct 19, 1440

He was a German metal worker and inventor and invented the printing press. The first book to ever be printed was a Latin language Bible, printed in Germany. Letters or symbols were formed on a metal or wooden piece. Up to 300 pages could be printed in 1 hour.

Christopher Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

He tried to find a fast route from spain to india to trade goods. When he travelled west, instead of travelling to India, he travelled to the Caribbean sea. He didnt know that it was the caribbean sea so he tried to spread his religion. From Hispaniola, Caribbean sea, he took people as slaves to europe. Because of that, many diseases were spread, also known as the "columbian exchange"

Henry VIII

Apr 21, 1509

Henry VIII is important because he has created his own religion, the angelicans. He made a new religion because he had 6 wifes and in the christ church they believed that you could only have one wife in your life.

Martin Luther (GERMANY)

Oct 13, 1517

He is important because he has started my religion, protestant. It has a long lasting impact because still today, there are people like me who are protestand. He also nailed the "95 thesis" on the church's door in Wittenburg. The "95 thesis" where about 95 things thst he thinks were wrong in the bible.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Oct 18, 1519

He was painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. He was called "the renaissance man", He invented the tank, flying machines, music machines, parachutes, scuba tank and much more.

Clock

Oct 19, 1581

Galileo discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day.

Toilet flush

Oct 19, 1596

Sir John Harrington made the first flush toilet for himself and his godmother in 1596. He was teased by his friends and never made another one.

Galileo Galilei

Feb 17, 1610

He found out that the Earth orbits around the sun. When the christ church found that out, they chased after him, eventhough he still was christian. He improved the telescope and was called "father of science".