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Jul 19, 1374
Petrarch
Francesco Petrarch was a famous scholar and poet. He was the reason that renaissance humanism was invented. He was also the reason that modern lyrics were established. -
Jun 24, 1395
Johan Gutenberg
He was a German inventor and craftsman . He was the reason printing is how it is. He created the printing press that was able to print more then one page instead of having to write every single page. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de Medici
He was Italian statesman, banker, and a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. He was very well heard about because he offered artists to come to Florence and pay them to live , and to just do art. Another reason was because he ruled and led Florence and made it strive till his later years when bankruptcy hit. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
He was a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. He was known for his famous painting "The last supper" .He was known as the infamous painter for 400 years. -
Aug 19, 1466
perspective
It was created by Filippo Brunelleschi in the 14th century. Perspective is when you create a 3 dimensional type of shading or drawing. -
Apr 10, 1467
Humanism
Humanism was created in the 14 centuries. It was created to have a ideal and have it revolve around humans. -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
He was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian . He was not very known in his years of living. He became more well known when people started to read his book "The prince" the book to turning you into a powerful leader. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the renaissance time. He was well known for his ceiling painting on the Sistine chapel. He was also greatly known for his architectural build of the Saint Peters Dome. -
Apr 5, 1483
Raphael
He was a master painter and architect in the renaissances. He was very known for his painting "school of Athens" which hung in one of Pope Julius private rooms' He was also very known for his composition in his paintings. -
Oct 11, 1483
Martin Luther
He was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his belief's created Lutheranism. He is the reason there is even other religions. He also had to fake his own kidnapping because people wanted him dead. -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry V111
He was the king of England. He made a big change in England and he created divine rights. He also bought a church just so he could make divorces legal. -
Oct 23, 1491
Ignatius of Loyala
He was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian. He was very known for his charitable work as well as his missionary work . Another example is when he made the "jesuit constatation. -
Jan 9, 1545
Council of Trent
It was focused on defending and elaborating on Catholic doctrine. IT was a group of people from the catholic church. -
Apr 23, 1553
Scientific Method
It was acquiring knowledge that had shown the development of science. It starts by asking different types of question's. -
Sep 7, 1553
Queen Elizabeth
She was the queen of England and her father was Henry Vll. She was the reason for the new world exploration. She also flourished England economy . -
Apr 4, 1559
Inquisition
They were a group of Catholics that would go around looking for suspected heretics. If they found them they would punish them. -
Mar 7, 1563
Sale of Indulgences
This was when they would sell indulgences and apparantly they would get rid of there sins and get them a way to heaven. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare
He was an English playwright, poet and actor. He was a main reason English's is now a main language. He wrote approximately 39 plays.