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1500 BCE
Humanism
Humanism Started somewhere around 1500 BCE in India, and never stopped. Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence. It is mostly known to come out of the Renaissance. -
1100
Inquisition
The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. The Inquisition started in 12th-century France to combat religious dissent, in particular the Cathars and the Waldensians. During the Late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, the concept and scope of the Inquisition significantly expanded in response to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation. It expanded to other European countries. -
Jul 10, 1304
Petrarch
He was an Italian scholar and poet. He helped create the modern Italian language. He later became endorsed as a model of Italian style -
1415
Perspective
Perspective is the formation of an image in a picture plane of a scene viewed from a fixed point, and its modelling in geometry. -
1439
Printing Revolution
It was made South Korea, but then in Europe, around 1439, goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg independently created a similar system which started a printing revolution lasting until the end of the 20th Century. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de' Medici
He was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. He is best known for his sponsorship of many artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. He was murdered in the Sistine Chapel by the Pazzi family. -
Apr 14, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a famous painter, writer, architect, inventor, and a sculptor. He liver from the 14th of April, 1452 to 2nd of May 1519. Leonardo was important because he was inventing things that wouldn't be made until several hundreds of -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
He lived from 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528. He was born in Nuremberg, where he established his reputation across Europe due to his high-quality woodcut prints. His vast body of work includes engravings, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits. -
Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus
He lived from 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543. The publication of Copernicus' model in his book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, was a major event in the history of science.In 1517 he derived a quantity theory of money, a key concept in economics, and in 1519 he formulated an economic principle that later came to be called Gresham's law. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
He was a painter, architect, sculptor, and poet. He was born in the Caprese, a small town in Valtiberina, where him and his family had a somewhat hard time with the bank the ran failing, and then his father not being good in gov. In 1488 he was sent to apprentice Francesco da Urbino. Some of his most famous works are the sculpture of David, and the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. -
Apr 28, 1483
Raphael
He was an Italian painter and architect. His work is renowned for its clarity of form, composition, and visual achievement. When he died he left behind his unusually large workshop, and a large body of art, which is now in the Vatican Palace. -
Oct 10, 1483
Martin Luther
He lived from 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546. was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.He came to reject several practices of the Roman Catholic Church mostly he disputed the view on indulgences. Because of this he wrote 95 reasons the Roman Catholic church was wrong. -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry VIII
He lived from 28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547. He was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. He is known for making a separate religion so he could divorce his. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
He lived from 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564. He was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a tireless polemic and apologetic writer who generated much controversy. -
Aug 7, 1533
Elizabeth 1
She lived from 7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603. She was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. In government, Elizabeth was more moderate than her father and half-siblings had been, and was very cautious in foreign affairs. -
1545
Council of Trent
It was held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The Council issued condemnations of what it defined to be heresies committed by proponents of Protestantism, and also issued key statements and clarifications of the Church's doctrine and teachings. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
He lived from 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626. He was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare lived from 26 April 1564-23 April 1616. He is most famously known for the tremendous amounts of plays he wrote, including Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. He had 3 kids Susanna and twins Hamlet and Judith. -
Scientific Method
The scientific method is an empirical method of gathering knowledge. It involves making a hypothesis, collecting data, and being able to share that data with others -
Isaac Newton
He lived from 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27. He was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author. He built the first practical reflecting telescope, and had a theory of color based on the observation that a prism separates white light into the colors of the visible spectrum.
