Renaissance/Reformation/Scientific Revolution

  • Humanism
    1434

    Humanism

    Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively.
  • Printing Revolution
    1455

    Printing Revolution

    In 1436 Johannes Gutenberg began work on the invention of a now printing press that allowed precise molding of new type blocks from a uniform template.
  • Inquisition
    1478

    Inquisition

    Inquisition was a powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas.
  • Ignatius of Loyola
    Oct 23, 1491

    Ignatius of Loyola

    He was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian. He dead July 31, 1556 at age 65. He education at Alcala University, college Sainte-Barbe, University of Paris
  • 1492

    Lorenzo de' Medici

    Lorenzo de' Medici 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492was an Italian statesman, ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and patron of Renaissance in Italy. He was also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent .
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    1519

    Leonardo da Vinci

    He was a painter in the Renaissance era and people called him the Renaissance man. He painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
  • Michelangelo
    1520

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel The chapel also contains Michelangelo's Medici Madonna.
  • Raphael
    1520

    Raphael

    He died in he April 6, 1520. Death at 37 and he leave a lot of work. He made The school of Athens.
  • Elizabeth1
    Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth1

    She was Queen of England and Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. Elizabeth1 enjoyed hunting, dancing, and horseback riding. She died from blood poisoning caused by the toxins the heavy makeup she wore.
  • Council of Trent
    1545

    Council of Trent

    The council of Trent was the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation.
  • Francis Bacon
    Jan 22, 1561

    Francis Bacon

    He was a English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. He what to Trinity college of Cambridge. He died April 9, 1626.
  • Galileo
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo

    He was a Italian astronomer, physicist ,and engineer. He has been called the father of observational astronomy. From 1564 to 1642 he played a key role in any history of science.
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    He made different kind plays. He was a great writer and the English language. He died in April 23, 1616.
  • Sale of Indulgences
    1567

    Sale of Indulgences

    The monetary payment of penalty which supposedly, absolved one of past sins and released one from purgatory after death.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    He was English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian and author. He was famous for his formulation of the laws of motion resulted in the law of universal gravitation.He died on March 31, 1727.