renaissance time line events (1300-1600)

Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

1449

Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy

columbus discovers the new world

1451

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.

leonardo da vinci paints the mona lisa

1452

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting,

gutenberg prints the first bible

1455

The Gutenberg Bible was among the earliest major books printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe.

niccolo machiavelli writes the prince

1469

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period.

Nicolaus Copernicus publishes on the revolution of the celestial spheres

1473

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe,

Michelangelo sculpts the david

1475

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or more commonly known by his first name Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.

founding of the society of jesus by ignatius of loyola

1491

Saint Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus and became its first Superior General at Paris in 1541.

john calvin publishes institutes of the christian religion

1509

John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.

martin luther posts 95 theses on the door of the castle chruch

1517

Martin Luther posts his 95 theses. On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg

william shakespeare is born

1564

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

galileo invents a thermometer

1564

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.