Renaissance / Reformation Timeline Project

Petrarch

Jul 19, 1374

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.

Johan Gutenberg

Jun 24, 1395

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.

Lorenzo de Medici

Jan 1, 1449

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.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

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.

perspective

Aug 19, 1466

It was created by Filippo Brunelleschi in the 14th century. Perspective is when you create a 3 dimensional type of shading or drawing.

Humanism

Apr 10, 1467

Humanism was created in the 14 centuries. It was created to have a ideal and have it revolve around humans.

Machiavelli

May 3, 1469

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.

Michelangelo

Mar 6, 1475

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.

Raphael

Apr 5, 1483

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.

Martin Luther

Oct 11, 1483

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.

Henry V111

Jun 28, 1491

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.

Ignatius of Loyala

Oct 23, 1491

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.

Council of Trent

Jan 9, 1545

It was focused on defending and elaborating on Catholic doctrine. IT was a group of people from the catholic church.

Scientific Method

Apr 23, 1553

It was acquiring knowledge that had shown the development of science. It starts by asking different types of question's.

Queen Elizabeth

Sep 7, 1553

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 .

Inquisition

Apr 4, 1559

They were a group of Catholics that would go around looking for suspected heretics. If they found them they would punish them.

Sale of Indulgences

Mar 7, 1563

This was when they would sell indulgences and apparantly they would get rid of there sins and get them a way to heaven.

William Shakespeare

Apr 26, 1564

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.