Renaissance & Reformation Timeline

Needlecraft started

30,000 BCE

Needlecraft was a popular hobby in the renaissance. Needlecraft is making designs and embedments into fabric or another surface. This provided income for the maker but it also helped to show wealth for the buyer. This advanced the wealth in this time and it helped to separate the different classes.

The start of the Catholic Church

33

The Catholic Church started in 33. Catholics claim that Jesus told Peter that he was to be the first pope. The Catholic Church claims that is when the church started. Over time the Church grew in number and power.

Mass started

Period: 33 to 2019

The Catholic Church requires you to go to mass to learn how to be a better person and how to get to Heaven. Mass is where the Priest talks to the people about what he wanted to ta;k about from the Bible https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-counter-reformation/the-roman-catholic-church-in-1500/

Scientific Method was created

1214

The scientific method is used to help people go through a ‘test’ to see if something works or not. The scientific method helped to create a lot of things. Without it, other discoveries would not have been discovered since they would have needed the scientific method to find the new discovery. New Ideas & Inventions - Renaissance google doc

Filippo Brunelleschi

1337

Filippo Brunelleschi was an artist that loved Roman architecture. He brought Roman architecture into Florence, Italy when he built the Basilica di San Lorenzo. This helped the spread of Roman architecture into Italy.

Cosimo de Medici was born

Sep 27, 1389

Cosimo de Medici was the most popular patron of the arts in the Renaissance. Cosimo de Medici helped pay for painters to paint really good paintings. This gave even more wealth back to Cosimo de Medici because he paid really good artists that became really popular.

Jan van Eyck was born

1390

Jon van Eyck was most commonly known for using oil paints to paint. Using oil for paintings gave them depth and realism. Jon van Eyck was not as focused on the perspective on the painting, but he was more consumed but how detailed it was. http://www.jan-van-eyck.org/

Frescos started becoming popular

1400

Frescos were paintings done on wet plaster in the shape of a dome for better depth perception to the viewer. This helped to create a new type of art, art in domes and it was also realistic art. Frescos were usually big and in big fancy buildings.
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Dresses worn in the 1400s

Period: 1400 to 1499

Dresses and clothes in the 1400s are were people started becoming more wealthy and they all started showing it in what their clothes looked like. They made clothing more elaborate and more detailed to show how much money they had. This helped to divide the classes even more than before. Peasants could not afford fancy clothes and middle class could not afford the clothes that kings would wear. https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1410-1419/

Medici family

1434

The Medici family was a whole family who became wealthy by becoming bankers and investing in art. A lot of great artwork has come from this families investments. Without this family, the world would have less art and the art would not have advanced as quickly.

Printing press

1440

In 1440 the printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. He could now print off papers in mass production. This improved many things. It helped to get things people wrote out and available for many people. https://www.canva.com/design/DADOsFquEH0/seaRNGge64DvJfzrs8p7LA/view?utm_content=DADOsFquEH0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton

Michelangelo was born

Mar 6, 1475

Michelangelo was more focused on frescos. His most known fresco is The Creation. He tried to paint people in perfect proportions to make them look the best they can look. Michelangelo painted very detailed paintings with depth. ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS OF THE RENAISSANCE notes

Raphael

1490

Raphael was an artist in 1490-1520. He painted paintings that were really realistic and that had depth. When he painted people he made sure to paint them as beautiful as he could to make them look good. ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS OF THE RENAISSANCE notes

Leonardo was born

1490

Leonardo was an artist in the renaissance time period who was known as “The master of realistic paintings”. He was known for how realistic his paintings were. He studied the human body to better understand how to paint them in a more appealing way. Leonardo was very talented and painted many paintings in his life. ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS OF THE RENAISSANCE notes

Martin Luther became a Monk

1505

Martin began his adventure as a monk in 1505. While being a monk he learned what was wrong with the Church, he published his 95 theses, and he went to Rome. While trying to become a monk he recognized how wrong the church's teachings were and that's when he decided to make a movement, which was shown in his 95 theses

Heliocentric universe was discovered

May 1, 1514

The heliocentric universe was not first accepted by the world because they thought the earth was the center for such a long time. Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to see that the sun was the center of the universe
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/nasa/measuringuniverse/spacemath1/a/the-heliocentric-model

Indulgences were first sold for the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica

1517

Indulgences were pieces of paper that the Church made people think could save them if purchased from the church. Indulgences helped pay for the church's needs and wants. Indulgences claimed to save your soul from going to Hell. https://www.britannica.com/topic/indulgence

The 95 theses were written

Oct 13, 1517

The 95 theses did a lot in the renaissance. The 95 theses let the people see the truth about the Catholic Church. The people finally saw that the Church was cheating them out of their money by selling them a paper that did nothing and how the Church lied to everyone all the time. http://www.online-literature.com/periods/renaissance.php

Martin nailed the 95 theses on the door

Oct 31, 1517

Martin Luther nailed 95 statements telling what was wrong with the church to show people that the church was lying to them. This started a conflict between the beliefs of the people and the church. Many people died because of this conflict but Martin did not want people to die because of what he had written. Martin Luther: The Protestant Reformation notes

Martin Luther was excommunicated

Jan 3, 1521

Martin Luther believed that the church was lying and not doing things according to the Bible so he would not apologize and take back his writings. Martin Luther didn't really care that he was being excommunicated because he knew the Church did not have the power to make him go to heaven or hell. https://www.luther.de/en/bann.html

The Bible was translated into German

1534

The Bible was a literary work that was made public in the renaissance time period. Having the Bible available to the public in their own language changed a ton. Now that the people could read the Bible they could see what the church was telling was a lie or the truth. The Church had to change because of the Bible being available to the public. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/literature-in-the-renaissance/

Pope Paul III became pope

Oct 13, 1534

Alessandro Farnese also known as Pope Paul III reigned from 1534–49. He was the first pope counter-reformation, he started the reform movement. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-III

Romeo and Juliet was written

1594

Romeo and Juliet was written in about 1594 and it gave people a hobby, to read books and stories. This book was a love story and it was the most popular love story in a book during the Renaissance. People had more time to read, go to plays and rest from working hard most of the day. https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-does-juliet-reflect-historic-context-172809

Telescope

1608

Hans Lippershey invented the telescope in 1608. The telescope helped discover new planets in our solar system, this also helped to realize that the earth is not the center of the universe. https://www.smore.com/prg52

The 3 laws of motion were created

1686

Isaac Newton discovered the 3 laws of motion that better describe to us how and why objects move the way they move. The laws of motion help us even today when we are trying to launch a rocket or throw a rock. This discovery helped to advance knowledge of mechanical force and propelled the advancements of the technology to move things.
http://visav.phys.uvic.ca/~babul/AstroCourses/P303/Renaissance.htm

Submarine Invention

1776

The submarine was invented in 1776 by Cornelis Drebbel. The first submarine was a single manned propelled wooden ball/boat. Since the first invention, many changes have been made. For example, we have added a lot more room inside, oxygen makers, a motor, weapons, and better materials https://www.smore.com/5btf4