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1304
Petrarch
Petrarch was a famous poet of his time making such pieces like Triumphs II Canzoniere. He was also one of the first people to be part of Humanism. He had lived from 1304 to 1374 -
1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most famous peolple of the renaissance in modern times. His skill set was of a wide range and somethings that he is known for are drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture and engineering. One of his most famous paintings is the Mona Lisa.He lived from 1452 to 1519. -
1468
Johannes Gutenberg
Johann Gutenberg was the man who had refined the printing press process. This eventualy lead to the growing number in books which made it easier for common people to learn to read and write. Johann Gutenberg's birth is unknown but he did die in 1468 -
1471
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a renaissance artist of the time much like Leonardo and Raphael. But his type of art he had prefurd was print making and he made such works like the Apocalypse series. Albrecht Dürer lived from 1476 to 1528 -
1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus was a well known mathematician of the time. He was the one who gave us our fisrt look to our heliocentric modle of the universe which is the modle we still use today with slight modifications.He lived from 1473 to 1543 -
1478
Thomas More
He was a Humanist of the renaissance era. He is also recagnised as a saint to the Catholic Church. He also was chancellor to King Henry VIII. -
1478
Spanish Inquisition
Spanish inquisision had first occured in 1478. The spanish inquisision was a collective number of events that ranged from acussing people of being heretics to torturing people until they confess that they were guilty of a crime they were ocussed of. The spanish inquisision had been the death to many people in the renaissance era Spain. -
1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a munk for the catholic church at first. But once he had seen the affects of indulgences he ahd writen his 95 theses. His 95 theses was basicly a long lis of things that he thought that should be fixed in the catholic church. He eventualy was acussed of being a heritic but he did not get caught by the catholic church and was never put to death for his "crimes" -
1489
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was a major role in the english refremation in England. He was the Archbishop of the time of King Henry VIII. He lived from 1489 to 1556. -
1491
Henry IIIV
Henry VIII was the heir to the English monarch arfter his oldest brther had died which made hime the king. He is most famous for hime being married 6 diffrent time to 6 diffrent woman. He is also known for starting the church of England not to just brake away from the catholic church but so he coul divorce his first wife and marry another. -
1500
Humanism
Humanism was first brouht about during the renaissance. The idea of Humanism during this time was to focous on the human spirit. During the time the idea of humanism was huge but ever since it has gone down in popularity. -
1515
Printig Revolution.
The printing revolution was a key compaonent in the growth of the renaissance. It allowed the growth of book numbers multiply. Which lead to a growing number of literate people -
1517
Sale of Indugences
The sale of indulgences was an idea that came from the catholic church. This idea is that if you pay the church a sum amount of money that some of your sins will be forgiven and it wil decrease your time in pergitory. This idea did work for a while but did not stand because of people like martin luther had pointed out it's obsertity. -
1533
Elizabeth I of England
Queen Elizabetih was the daughter of king Henry and the heir to the throne after the death of her sister Marry. She is most famous for uniting the people of England. She did thsi by anouncing that in England you can believe what ever type of christianity you want. Which at the time was prodestant and catholic. -
1543
Heliocentric Theory
The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe. Before this almost everyone had thought the earth was the center of the universe. This was the work of Coperncius. -
1543
Scientific Method
The scientifc metho was created for one thing. That one thing is why do things happen or what would happen if i did this? The one of the men that was primary players in this was Bacon which he would stess this in alot of his expieriments. -
1545
Council of Trent
The council of trent was a creation of the catholic church. This council was a group of peopel that would decide wether or not people were commiting hericy. this council would also decide the punishmr=ent that you would have for your crimes. -
1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespere was a famous English play writer. He had written and directed plays such as MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, and KIng Henry. He is also responcable for adding many word to the english dictionary. -
1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was a famous astronimer of the time. He was the one that had discovered that planets and moons would rotate around in a shape called an elips. this shape is very similar to an oval. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton is a very influencial man of science. He is responcable for many thongs including the inventing of calculus and giving us the laws of motion and many other things. As bright as he was he had created calculus at the age of 26
