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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration
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Jan 1, 1350
Renaissance begins
The Renaissance, meaning “rebirth “ in French, was not only a new beginning after the black death killed 1/3 of the population. It was also the beginning of a classical learning era and a rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greece. -
Jan 1, 1413
Brunelleschi creates Linear Perspective
Linear Perspective is the relative size, shape, and position of objects converging at a point on the horizon. -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry
Henry founded a navigation school in the southwestern coast of Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1439
Johann Gutenberg invents the printing press
The printing press revolutionized the manufacturing of books, and the studies of the arts and sciences. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci was born
Leonardo da Vinci was a famous architect, engineer, sculptor, painter and inventor. -
Jan 1, 1464
Cosimo de' Medici dies
Cosimo was considered the father of the nation. The Medici family ruled throughout the Renaissance. -
May 3, 1469
Niccolò Machiavelli was born
Niccoló Machiavelli was a philosopher, a playwright and one of the modern founders of political science. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born
He was a painter, scuplter, architect, engineer and a poet. Some of his famous works was the sculpture of david and the Sistine chapel. -
Aug 2, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus started the expedition into the New World. -
Jan 1, 1493
Columbian Exchange
Columbus brought 1,200 settlers, animals and plants. The Columbian Exchange helped the Europeans have something to eat, and the Native Americans hunt better because of the horses. -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco da Gama reaches India
This had no big impact other than helping the Portugese become even more powerful. -
Jan 1, 1498
Leonardo da Vinci painted
The Last Supper was painted by da Vinci for da Vinci’s patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. -
Jan 1, 1500
Spanish Settlers and Missionaries
Spanish settlers and missionaries followed the conquistadors to Spain's new empire. -
Oct 31, 1517
Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses
Luther wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences”, The 95 Theses,a list of questions and propositions for debate. -
Jan 1, 1520
Martin Luther’s Three Treatises
Martin Luther’s three treatises to the German's served as a fervent call to reformation of the church. This influenced the Protestant movement in Germany. -
Jan 1, 1522
German Bible
Luther works on a translation of the Bible into German. -
Jan 1, 1522
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a spanish conquistador who traveled through the Pacific coast along Peru. He conquered Incan Empire, stole alot of gold and silver. -
Jan 1, 1526
English Bible was published
William Tyndale publishes a translation of the New Testament in English. -
Jan 1, 1529
The Marburg Colloquy
Luther and Ulrich Zwingli meet to discuss the issue of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist but they were unable to come to an agreement. -
Nov 1, 1534
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII becomes supreme head of the Church in England, which separates from the Roman Catholic Church. -
Jan 1, 1549
Book of Common Prayer
Publication of the first version of the Book of Common Prayer in the Church of England. -
Jan 1, 1550
Commercial Revolution
The commercial revolution was connected with Asia, Africa, and America.s -
Jan 1, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
A treaty grants toleration to Lutherans in the Holy Roman Empire using the principle of cuius regio. -
Jan 1, 1557
Spain declares bankruptcy for the 1st time
Spain's bankruptcy was the Kings fault because he defaulted on their loans and a depedance on precious metals and jewels for income. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare was born
He was an English poet and playwright. -
Jan 1, 1572
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
The Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots lasted for a couple of months and caused the lives of thousands of French Protestants. -
Triangular Trade
The triangular trade runed the economy, it helped the countries recieve goods and people that they needed. -
Synod of Dort
The Dutch Reformed Church holds the synod to discuss the issues raised by the supporters of Jacobus Arminius . At the Synod, Five point Calvinism is upheld in opposition to Arminianism. -
English Colonies and Pilgrims
In 1620 english protestants who rejected the Church of England, landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. -
Sieur de La Salle
Sieur de La Salle was a French Explorer who was sent to travel south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
