Renaissance/Reformation/Scientific Revolution Timeline

Humanism

1400

Importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.

Printing Revolution

1436

In 1436 Johannes Gutenberg began work on the invention of a new printing press that allowed precise molding of new type blocks from a uniform template and allowed for the creation of high-quality printed books.

Lorenzo de Medici

Jan 1, 1449

Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman, and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. He was a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets.

Leonardo da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

He is among the most influential artists in history, having left a significant legacy not only in the realm of art but in science as well

Erasmus

Jul 28, 1466

He was a Dutch philosopher and Christian humanist who is widely considered to have been the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance.

Niccolo Machiavelli

May 3, 1469

Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period

Copernicus

Feb 19, 1473

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

Thomas More

Feb 7, 1478

Renaissance humanist. He was also a Chancellor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532.[4] He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary, ideal island nation.

Inquisition

Nov 1, 1478

The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy.

Rapheal

1483

Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.

Martin Luther

Oct 10, 1483

Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and an important figure in the Protestant Reformation.

Thomas Cranmer

Jul 2, 1489

Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary

Henry VIII

Jun 28, 1491

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.

Elizabeth I

Sep 7, 1533

Elizabeth I was Queen of England was sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor

Heliocentric Theory

1543

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun.

Council of Trent

1545

prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation

Francis Bacon

Feb 22, 1561

His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution.

Sale of Indulgences

1563

An indulgence was a payment to the Catholic Church that purchased an exemption from punishment for some types of sins.

William Shakespear

1564

William Shakespear is know for being a poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.

Galileo

Feb 15, 1564

Galileo Galilei was an astronomer, physicist and engineer.