Renaissance

By shelby kunzler
  • Period: 1346 to 1353

    The Black Death

    The Black Death began in 1346, it began in Europe. It killed more than half of the population. The plague was passed around by rat fleas. Infection followed trade routes.
  • Jan 1, 1350

    The Rennaissance began

    The Renaissance began in Italy, and speeded through out Europe in the late ages. It was a huge artistic movement.
  • 1445

    The printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1439. The printing press was a major event in the Renaissance, it made copying artwork and writings much easier.
  • 1514

    The Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. On the celling Michelangelo painted at the top "The Separation Of Light From Darkness" then at the bottom of the ceiling he painted "The Drunkenness Of Noah."
  • 1517

    Martin Luther's 95 Theses

    The 95 theses was written in 1517 by Martin Luther. It taught the rules/laws and teachings of the catholic church.
  • 1517

    Martin Luthere's 95 Theses

    Martin Luther disagreed with the idea of selling indulges. The 5 theses was a list of questions and propositions for debate. He hung up the list on the doors of the Wittenberg Castle church on October 31.
  • 1532

    Machiavell and "The Prince"

    The Prince is a book written by Niccolo Machiavelli who lived in the city of Florence. The book was written about politics and government. Living in Florence and seeing all of the changes in the government inspired him to write The Prince.
  • 1533

    Henry Vlll Was Excomunnicated

    Henry was excommunicated for wanting to divorce Catherine, and marry Anne Boleyn. Henry wanted a son, but every one of his kids, were girls, so he would divorce them and try to have a boy. He went to the pope and told him he wanted a divorce, and the pope told him no, so he created his own church and made him the leader.

  • Da Vinci Paints The Last Supper

    The last supper painting was about the last days of Jesus. He told his 12 disciples that one of them was going to betray him. The hard plaster painting took Leonardo 3 years to paint, but to him that was a short amount of time because he was a procrastinator.

  • Rome and Juliet

    Shakespeare's famous play Rome and Juliet was written and preformed during the Renaissances. His plays are still preformed to this die.