Renaissance

By ZacGowin
  • 1200

    Humanism

    The thought to think about our future as a whole when living rather than our future as we've passed.
  • 1300

    Perspective

    Perspective
    Art of drawing two dimensional objects and giving them a three dimensional view.
  • Jul 20, 1304

    Petarch

    Petarch
    Was a Poet and Scholar. Was one of the first humanists.
  • 1440

    Printing Revolution

    Printing Revolution
    When books exploded and everyone could discuss their ideas clearly.
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de'Medici

    Lorenzo de'Medici
    A magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poet. He sponsored Artists, Sculptures all around.
  • 1450

    Inquisition

    Inquisition
    Aimed to combat heresy within the Catholic church.
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Renaissance era man whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology and cartography.
  • May 3, 1469

    Machiavelli

    Machiavelli
    Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period.
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo
    Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence.
  • Apr 6, 1483

    Rapheal

    Rapheal
    Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
  • Jun 28, 1491

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII
    Broke away from the Catholic church to form the church of England to perform to his own basic wants.
  • 1500

    Sale of Indulgences

    A way to pay into heaven by removing your sins.
  • Jul 10, 1509

    John Calvin

    John Calvin
    French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.
  • Sep 17, 1533

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I
    Queen of England from 17th of November to March 1603.
  • 1543

    Heliocentric theory

    Heliocentric theory
    Astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
  • Nov 10, 1546

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.
  • Jan 22, 1561

    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. Credited for creating the idea of scientific method.
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. Adding roughly 2000 words to the English language

  • Galileo

    Galileo
    Astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath from Pisa. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy". Helping discover everything we know today.

  • Isaac newton

    Isaac newton
    English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time. laid the basic foundation for classical mechanics.