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1395
Johan Gutenberg
Johan Gutenberg was a German inventor. He is known for making a printing press that included movable type so that it could make any page of any book. His first book ever printed was the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible, completed no later than 1455. Gutenberg died in Mainz in 1468. -
1400
Printing revolution
Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe. “Movable-type printing” is a way to reproduce written material, usually on paper, by first forming upraised letters or other figures on small blocks called types. -
1400
Humanism
Renaissance humanism is the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Humanism meant the development of human virtue, in all its forms, to its fullest extent. -
1450
Perspective
Perspective is a technique that painters started using in the Renaissance. It is a technique that makes things up close looks big, and things far away look small. This is used to make the picture seem 3D and more realistic. -
1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
Renaissance man. he was a self educated artist, engineer, and inventor. He made works of art such as the Mona Lisa, and The Last Supper. He was born in 1452 and died in 1519. -
1456
Erasmus
Erasmus was a scholar that became a Catholic Priest. Even though he was a priest, he was a strong supporter of the humanist movement. He wanted the bible to be transferred to the vernacular so that everyone could read it and make their own beliefs. -
1469
Machiavelli
Machiavelli was an Italian statesman and author. He is best known for his book "The Prince". The prince talks about how he believes that no matter what you do to achieve something, it is okay as long as you achieve the goal. -
1473
Copernicus
Copernicus was an astronomer who developed a model called heliocentrism. He tried to convince everyone that the universe revolved around the sun. Many people did not believe him due to the already existing theory of the earth being the center of the universe. -
1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a renaissance man. He was a painter, sculptor, and architect. He made many famous works of art during the renaissance time. Some of these works of art include the statue of David, and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. -
1478
Thomas More
Thomas More was a journalist, lawyer, philosopher, and saint. His most famous work was his book "Utopia" written in 1516. The book talked about a perfect society and was a new idea during the renaissance time. -
1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German monk that started the Protestant Reformation. He was said to have written the 95 Theses (95 things wrong with the Catholic Church) and that he nailed them to the door of the church. He started his own religion of Lutherism. -
1489
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation. He was responsible for establishing the basic structures of the Church of England. He was associated with King Henry VIII. -
1491
Henry VIII
Henry became king on the 21st of April in 1509. Henry was a corrupt ruler and converted England from Catholic to Anglican. He had 6 wives and only 1 of them survived. He had many medical problems throughout his life. -
1509
John Calvin
John Calvin was Martin Luther's successor as the preeminent Protestant theologian. He didn't fully agree with Martin Luther's beliefs, so he broke away from Lutherans and started Calvinism. Many people were against his beliefs because he believed in predetermination on whether you are going to Heaven or Hell. -
1543
Heliocentric Theory
The Heliocentric theory was a theory that claimed that everything in the universe revolves around the sun. This theory was first proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus. Many people disliked this theory because they always believed that the universe revolved around earth. -
1545
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent), northern Italy, was an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. They were said to be the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
1546
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was a writer and actor during the renaissance times. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets. Some of his plays are still being acted out and read today all over the world. -
1564
Galileo
Galileo was a ground breaking astronomer, physicist, mathematician, philosopher and inventor. Among his inventions were telescopes, a compass and a thermometer. With these telescopes, Galileo was able to observe the skies in ways previously not achieved. -
Scientific Meatod
The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. This was invented in 1620 by Francis Bacon. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a highly influential physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, alchemist and theologian. It is claimed Newton’s discovered the theory of gravity after watching an apple fall in the orchard. He made many new additions to the already existent telescope.
