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1337
Perspective
Perspective is a way of drawing width, height, depth and realistic paintings. A lot of Renaissance painters did this in most of their paintings. Like Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael and etc. -
1440
Printing Revolution
Johannes Gutenburg invented the Printing Press. With the Printing Press you were able to make books faster and more efficient for people to read. Martin Luther was the Printing Press to spread his beliefs across Europe. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici was a politician and an artist. He was apart of a very rich family in Italy at the time. He is known for sponsoring artists like Michelangelo. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter and sculptor. He was called the "Renaissance Man". His most famous works of art were the 'Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'. -
Oct 27, 1466
Erasmus
Erasmus was a humanist and was a main figure in the Renaissance. He became a priest and was a professor. Also he went on about free religion and rights. -
Feb 29, 1468
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel. He also commissioned him to reconstruct St. Peter and the Capitol. He was a great supporter of the arts. -
May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli is one of Italy's famous writers of the Renaissance. He is most well known for his book called "The Prince". He wrote plays and poem as well. -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Durer was a famous German Renaissance painter. He made portraits and other types of painting. He also did wood engravings. -
Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was an Astronomer. Copernicus did lots of research and figured out that earth was not the center of the solar system. It was the sun. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a famous painter, sculptor and architect. His most famous works was "Pieta", "David" and "The Sistine Chapel". He sculpted "Pieta". -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More
Thomas More was a writer and a key adviser for the King Henry VIII. He wrote the book Utopia. He died tragically when he refused to convert his religion. He was made a saint. -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
He is an famous painter. He is most famous for his work of "Madonnas". He also painted the "Stanza della Segnatura" and the "Stanza d'Eliodoro" -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German monk who dedicated his life to the Catholic Church. He later realizes how corrupted the church was and left the church to start a new religion which were called the "Protestants". He also wrote 95 theses on what's wrong with the Catholic Church. -
Jul 2, 1489
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was a advisor towards King Henry VIII. He was loyal and even married Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. He was killed by Queen Mary when he wouldn't convert his religion to Catholic. -
May 28, 1491
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was England's King, he was only 10 years old. He was married 6 times. He changed England's religion to "The Church of England" instead of "Catholic". -
Jun 10, 1509
John Calvin
John Calvin created the religion called "Calvinism". He created this religion with spirit of Martin Luther's religion. John Calvin was also French. -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I was the Queen of England. She was the longest ruling Queen or King to ever rule England. She was converted the country of England to practice any religion they choose. -
1543
Heliocentric Theory
Heliocentric Theory was thought of by Nicolaus Copernicus. The Heliocentric Theory is describing that the sun is at the center. He tried to describe that the earth wasn't in the center, but the Catholic Church refused to believe. -
1545
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was mainly about Martin Luther. Martin Luther separated from the church and started his own religion. The Pope called this meeting in order on what to do about him. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English lawyer. Francis was Lord Chancellor lawyer while he was resigning chargers of the corruption. He was also accused of charges as well. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei born in Italy. He was a famous astronomer. He observed Jupiter's Moons. He also noticed that Saturn has rings around the planet. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was a famous writer, poet, director and actor. His most famous plays are, "Romeo and Juliet", "Macbeth" and "Hamlet". He has also acted in a number of plays as well. -
Scientfic Method
Francis Bacon invented the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method has multiple steps. It's used to control experiments. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English Astronomer. He was very popular during this time period. He became observing Light and Light rays. He observed their properties. -
Humanism
Humanism is about observing and admiring the humans. Georg Voigt invented Humanism. A lot of painters observed this as well.
