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1400
Johan Gutenberg
Johan was a German black,smith, goldsmith, inventor, and others. Born in Mainz, Germany, and into a modest merchant family. He was the third son of Freile zum Gensfleisch and his second wife. Johan is also remembered today by the great inventions he made. For example, he developed a method of printing from movable typing. He even printed his first book, the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible -
1400
Humanism
In the renaissance. A revival in the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. The term humanism is contemporary to that period, while Renaissance humanism is a retronym used to distinguish it from later humanist developments. -
1415
Perspective
Renaissance culture fostered a renewed interest in science, math, philosophy, and art. Interestingly, all of these subjects are combined in linear perspective, which uses geometric lines and a vanishing point to give the illusion of depth and space to painting. -
1440
Printing Revolution
Gutenberg's printing press spread literature to the masses for the first time in an efficient, durable way, shoving Europe headlong into the original information age – the Renaissance. Gutenberg often gets credit as the father of printing, but the Chinese had him beat, in fact, by a full thousand years. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de'Medici
Lorenzo the ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Was an artist and poet. He was born in the powerful and wealthy Florentine branch of the Medici family in 1449. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance man born in a farmhouse in Anchiano , Italy. Whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science and many more topics. -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
Machiavelli was a poet, historian, writer, and many more. Born in Florence, Italy in 1469.was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy's Florentine Republic during the Medici family's exile. And he has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science. -
1473
Scientific Method
The Scientific Method was further developed during the Renaissance. Galileo used controlled experiments and analyzed data to prove, or disprove, his theories. The process was later refined by scientists such as Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton. -
Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier. He was born in in Torun, Poland. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. Born in a small town of Caprese, Italy. But grew up in Florence and started to practice his passion for art at age 13. He also played a big role during the Renaissance with his sculpting and engineering. But his sculpting was under-passed in his day. -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
Raphael was an Italian painter and architect. Born in Urbino, Italy. He is considered one of the greatest artists of the period, along with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. He had many architectural pieces that contributed with the renaissance. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507. He came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; in particular, he disputed the view on indulgences. He was also born Eisleben, Germany. -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. Henry is best known for his six marriages, in particular his efforts to have his first marriage annulled. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
John was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. Born as Jehan Cauvin, in a town in Picardy, a province of the Kingdom of France. He was the first of four sons who survived infancy. His mother, Jeanne le Franc, was the daughter of an innkeeper from Cambrai. -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor. She was born and raised in The Palace of Placentia. -
1545
Council of Trent
The council was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. Also, Pope Paul III, convener of the Council of Trent. -
1564
William Shakespeare
William was an English poet, playwright, and actor, and not to mention the greatest English language and the world's greatest dramatis. And most of the time called England's national poet. William was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564. His actual birthday was never recorded but was usually celebrated around April 23. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy. He bacame an astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath from Pisa. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science". -
Heliocentric Theory
Heliocentrism is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System. Which was founded by Nicolaus Copernicus, whom was a Mathematician. Also, historically the heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution. Born in , Woolsthorpe Manor House, United Kingdom in 1643. Besides his work on gravity.Isaac developed the three laws of motion which form the basic principles of modern physics. His discovery of calculus led the way to more powerful methods of solving mathematical problems.
