Renaissance

Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1700

The title says it all

Richard II deposed by Henry IV, who ruled England from 1399-1413

Jan 1, 1399

Geoffrey Chaucer, faithful servant of the British court, dies

Feb 27, 1400

John the Fearless succeeds his father Philip the Bold as Duke of Burgundy, which he held from 1404-1419

Feb 27, 1404

the Great Schism ends.

Feb 27, 1417

the Great Schism was a split in the Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417, in which three people at once claimed to be the Pope.

Philip the Good succeeds as Duke of Burgundy, position held from 1419-1467

Feb 27, 1419

Death of Charles VI (ruler of France) and Henry V (ruler of England), Henry VI crowned King of England

Feb 27, 1422

Charles VII crowned King of France, ruled 1429-1461

Feb 27, 1429

Cosimo de'Medici becomes ruler of Florence

Feb 27, 1434

Charles VII recovers Paris from the English

Feb 27, 1436

Birth of Leonardo da Vinci

Feb 27, 1452

Edward IV becomes King of England, Louis XI becomes king of France

Feb 27, 1461

Death of painter Hugo van der Goes

Feb 27, 1482

Hugo was a very important Flemish painter of the late 15th century. He introduced things such as monumentalism and a specific color spectrum.

Aldine Press founded at Venice by Aldus Matinus

Feb 27, 1490

the Aldine Press published many great works of literature of the time.

Death of painter Hans Memling

Feb 27, 1494

Some of his greatest works included the Last Judgment and the Annunciation.

Manuel I become King of Portugal

Feb 27, 1495

John Cabot sails to Newfoundland

Feb 27, 1497

Birth of Charles V

Feb 27, 1500

Henry VIII become King of England

Feb 27, 1509

Machiavelli completes The Prince

Feb 27, 1513

The Prince is a political treatise to Lorenzo de Medici, the ruler of the Florentine Republic. The book is still widely recognized today, when all the political issues brought up in the book are irrelevant.

Death of the painter Gerard David

Feb 27, 1523

Some of his famous works include "Lamentation" and "the Marriage at Cana".

Francis I invades Italy

Feb 27, 1524

Battle of Pavia

Feb 24, 1525

the Battle of Pavia was the decisive battle that determined the outcome of the Italian War.

Henry VIII marries Anne Boelyn

Feb 27, 1533

Publication of Paracelsus's Great book of Surgery

Feb 27, 1536

The Great Book of Surgery was and still is instrumental in modern surgery, and documented many of the core concepts of surgery at the time, which still apply today.

Death of Henry VIII

Feb 27, 1547

Mary Tudor become Queen of England

Feb 27, 1553

Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

Feb 27, 1558