Renaissance

Shakespeare: Hamlet.

1603 BCE

Shakespeare: Hamlet. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602.

Matteo Bandello

1525 BCE

Dürer: A Course in the Art of Measurement; Battle of Pavia between France and the Holy Roman Empire: end of French claims on Italy. Matteo Bandello was an Italian writer, mostly known for his novellas.

“Roman Golden Age”.

1503 BCE

: Pope Julius II appointed Pope; start of “Roman Golden Age”. During his 41 year reign (27 BC - 14 AD), Augusto created the foundations for a government for the whole of the empire. This was the start of the era of the Roman empire and today his government is seen as the beginning of the golden age of the history of Rome.

Michelangelo

1500 BCE

Michelangelo: Pieta; Giorgine: Tempesta; Portuguese “discover” Brazil. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.

Ficino: Platonic Theory.

1474 BCE

Ficino: Platonic Theory. Plato's theory of Forms or theory of Ideas argues that non-physical (but substantial) forms (or ideas) represent the most accurate reality. When used in this sense, the word form or idea is often capitalized.

Birth of Leonardo da Vinc

1452 BCE

Birth of Leonardo da Vinc Leonardo, was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, ...

Pope Nicholas V appointed

1447 BCE

Pope Nicholas V appointed, he begins a major program of rebuilding., he begins a major program of rebuilding.Pope Nicholas V, born Tommaso Parentucelli, was Pope from 6 March 1447 until his death. Pope Eugene made him a cardinal in 1446 after successful trips to Italy and Germany, and when Eugene died the next year Parentucelli was elected in his place.

Cosimo de Medici

1429 BCE

Cosimo de Medici inherits the family bank and rises to great power in Florence. Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici was an Italian banker and politician, the first of the Medici political dynasty, de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance.

Black Death

1347 BCE

The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–1353.

Renaissance

1300 BCE

The Renaissance was a period in European history, from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history.