Renaissance Reformation

Inquisition

1200

The Inquisition started in 12th-century France to combat religious dissent, particularly among the Cathars and the Waldensians.

Perspective

1337

Renaissance artists were largely concerned with painting realistic scenes, and linear perspective gave them a reliable method to accomplish this realism.

Humanism

1400

thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.

Printing Revolution

1440

Modelled on the design of existing screw presses, a single Renaissance printing press could produce up to 3,600 pages per workday, compared to forty by hand-printing and a few by hand-copying.

Lorenzo de Medici

Jan 1, 1449

Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines.

Leonardo da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

Leonardo de Vinci was a part of the Renaissance who is considered to be one of the best painters of all time. de Vinci was the creator of the Mona Lisa which is practically one of the most famous paintings of all time. He also painted the iconic "The Last Supper" and he is considered to be a genius.

Copernicus

Feb 19, 1473

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe.

Michelangelo

Mar 6, 1475

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is known as an Italian sculptor. He was born in the Republic of Florence and he is widely known for the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. As everyone knows the sculpture of "David", which was in fact made from a hammer and chisel.

Raphael

Apr 6, 1483

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, most commonly referred as Raphael was an Italian painter and architect. Raphael was born in the city of Urbino, the center of art.

Henry VIII

Jun 28, 1491

Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and, in particular, his efforts to have his first marriage annulled.

Elizabeth I

Sep 7, 1533

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor.

Francis Bacon

Jan 22, 1561

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution.

William Shakespeare

1564

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

Scientific Method

1626

Roger Bacon was one of the earliest European scholars to refine the scientific methods. He developed the idea of making observations, hypothesizing and then experimenting to test the hypothesis.

Isaac Newton

Jan 6, 1643

Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.