Renaissance Time Line Events (1300-1600)

  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1440

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    John Gutenberg created the printing press and created the first complete printed version of the Bible.
  • Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
    1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    This is the date of birth of Lorenzo de' Medici.
  • Columbus discovers the new world
    1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    This is when Cristopher Columbus found America on his journey to find a western ocean route to China.
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci creates a canvas of a very realistic woman, contributing to the classical arts by showing another aspect of art.
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Artist Michelangelo sculpted David from the Bible when he had defeated the giant Goliath, Michelangelo had went for a more heroic types of sculpting, he sculpted David to be a large and a very powerful man. Michelangelo had contributed to the times of classical arts at the time.
  • NIccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    1513

    NIccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Machiavelli writes a story about a prince and how he can gain power.
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Luther wrote that indulgences are never mentioned in the Bible in his 95 Theses.
  • Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    The Society of Jesus was a Jesuit movement, Ignatius was a Spanish soldier who became a priest.
  • John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    Institutes of the Christian Religion was written on protestant faith.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Copernicus argues and disagrees with what Aristotle had believed and he made this and published it just before his death, and if it weren't for him most people would not have thought to argue or think that what Aristotle had believed was wrong.
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    This was the birth date of the world renown William Shakespeare who had written a lot of poems and plays.
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo, who was against the thoughts of Aristotle had found a way to find out reasons that Aristotle was wrong and so he had made his own instruments for his analyzations.