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1333
Perspective
Perspective in the renaissance time was when they would use their knowledge in math, science and art to put it in a drawing by giving the illusion of depth and space in a drawing. The farther away something is the smaller it gets. -
Jul 24, 1400
Johan Gutenberg
His full name is Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg. He was a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher. He is also credited with bringing his invention The printing press mainstream. -
1450
Printing Revolution
Johann Gutenberg had the perfected invention of the printing press; a movable block that you would put ink on and it quickened the normal way to print things. After this invention ideas, ideologies, knowledge, discoveries, along with literacy spread all throughout Europe. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Some consider Leonardo one of the best painters of all time. One of the most famous works of Leonardo is the Mona Lisa. It is actually the most famous portrait ever made. -
1453
Humanism
Humanism was when people wanted to refresh current, or at that time modern studies by taking a look at the past events and ideologies, specifically that of Rome and Greece. -
Oct 28, 1466
Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus also known as just Erasmus was a Dutch philosopher and Christian scholar. Some consider him one of the greatest scholars of the northern renaissance. -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
Machiavelli was a Florentine philosopher known primarily for his political ideas. His two most famous books were published after his death. Besides a philosopher he was also known as an author and secretary of the Florentine Republic. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
His full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, but for obvious reasons he's only known as Michelangelo. He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. He is very well known for painting the ceiling on the Sistine Chapel. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, priest, composer and Augustinian monk. He is known for his rejection of the churches belief in selling indulgences or telling people to give the church money to make "your sins go away". He was also ordained to the priesthood in 1507. -
Jul 2, 1489
Thomas Cranmer
Tomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. -
1517
Sale of Indulgences
The selling of indulgences was essentially the Catholic Churches way of exploiting people in the middle ages. If you committed a sin the catholic church would say the only way for you to get that sin away was to give them money. Once you gave them the money they would say that the sin was forgiven. The bigger the sin the bigger the payday for the church. -
1543
Heliocentric Theory
The Heliocentric Theory was a theory that was the opposite of the geocentric theory which placed the Earth at the center of the solar system. The Heliocentric Theory placed the sun at the center and this idea first got presented by Nicolaus Copernicus. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, also known as Lord Verulam was an English philosopher and statesman who was also the former Lord Chancellor of England. He is considered to be one of the people who have developed the scientific method. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei also known as just Galileo was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer. He is most known for his discovery of four moons around Jupiter known today as the Galilean moons. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author. He is best known for discovering the laws of gravity and motion and inventing calculus.
