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Jan 1, 1440
Printing Revolution
The printing press revolutionized the act of being able to mass produce all kinds of things able to be be wrote on paper. Because of this books like The Holy Bible were spread around the whole world meaning it will be able to gain more followers. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de'Medici
Lorenzo was a large public figure with a lot of influence throughout Florence during this area. He was a patron that supported great artists and sculptors as well. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was quite the Renaissance man from painting and sculpting to many other trades like anatomy and the art of flying. But he is most known for his painting the Mona Lisa which has puzzled many minds over the hundreds of years since it has been painted -
Apr 1, 1464
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was a very profound English play writer around this time from his writings to the Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet he proved that he has a way with words and the ability to catch ones attention. -
Feb 29, 1468
Pope Paul III
Paul was the head of the church and greatly supported arts as well as the act of reformation. Because of this he called the Council Of Trent in 1554 to discuss the challenges of reform. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a sculptor, painter and many argue the best artist of the Renaissance era. His work demonstrated a psychological insight, realism and intensity never seen before. -
Jul 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin was a monk for the catholic church during this period until he found out the churches were allowing people to buy their way into heaven so he wrote the popular 95 theses about subjects that need to be talked about -
Jan 1, 1500
Humanism
Humanism Is a type of mindset that started around the start of the 15th century. It is the type of mindset that you only live once and within that short period of time you should try to devote your time to learning new skills instead of devoting your whole life to a religion. -
Jan 1, 1500
Perspective
during the late 14th century and early 15th perspective blew up and was used in many different types of art and sculptors. It was also seen in many other things like blueprints. It was the act of adding depth to a object. Making it look even more real to the human eye. -
Apr 6, 1520
Raphael
Raphael was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. He is best known for his Madonnas and for his massive figure compositions in the Vatican. -
Jan 1, 1543
Heliocentric Theory
Heliocentric Theory is the theory of the sun being in the middle of the solar system and earth and all the other plants revolve around it. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Francis was a very important states men and a English philosopher. He is credited with helping develop the scientific method and remained influential all though the decade. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo as an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, and sometimes described as a polymath. People also thought of him as "The father of modern physics". -
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton played a very important role in the scientific revolution and is sometimes said to be the most influential scientist of all time. -
Sale of Indulgence
The sale of indulgence aka the act of being able to buy your way into catholic heaven by give the church money. This in return made the Catholic Churches very rich but also sparked a revolt by the public that forever changed the ways the Caholic church runs things
