Renaissance Timeline

By Madison Smith
  • 1214

    Scientific Method

    Scientific Method
    A method consisting in systematic observation, measurement, experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of a hypothesis.
  • Jul 20, 1304

    Petrarch

    Petrarch
    was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, who was one of the earliest humanists
  • 1398

    Johan Gutenberg

    Johan Gutenberg
    He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe
  • 1400

    Humanism

    Humanism
    A movement during the renaissance that turned away from medieval scholasticism and focused on the ancient Greek and Roman thought
  • 1415

    Perspective

    Perspective
    the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position
  • 1440

    Printing Revolution

    Printing Revolution
    Gutenberg's invention of the printing press spread throughout Europe advancing knowledge, discoveries, and literacy.
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de'Medici

    Lorenzo de'Medici
    He was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, who was the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of the Renaissance
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci
    was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography
  • 1466

    Erasmus

    Erasmus
    He was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.
  • Feb 29, 1468

    Pope Paul III

    Pope Paul III
    He was Pope from 13 October 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation.
  • May 3, 1469

    Machiavelli

    Machiavelli
    He was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period.
  • May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer
    He was a painter, print maker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.
  • Feb 19, 1473

    Copernicus

    Copernicus
    Was an astronomer, mathematician, translator, artist,and physicist. He is best known as the first astronomer to posit the idea of the heliocentric solar system.
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo
    He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
  • 1478

    Inquisition

    Inquisition
    This was a group of institutions of government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy.
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More

    Thomas More
    Was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.
  • 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael
    He was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
  • Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation.
  • Jun 2, 1489

    Thomas Cranmer

    Thomas Cranmer
    He was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, and Edward VI.
  • Oct 23, 1491

    Ignatius of Loyala

    Ignatius of Loyala
    He was a Spanish theologian and one of the most influential figures in the Catholic Reformation of the 16th century.
  • Apr 21, 1509

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII
    He was the king of England until his death. He is best known for his six wives.
  • Jun 10, 1509

    John Calvin

    John Calvin
    He is known for his doctrine of predestination and his theocratic view of the state.
  • 1517

    Sale of Indulgences

    Sale of Indulgences
    The Catholic Church sold indulgences to citizens in which they believed they would relieve them of their sins.
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I
    Was queen of England and Ireland from November 1558 until her death. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor.
  • 1543

    Heliocentric Theory

    Heliocentric Theory
    The theory that the earth revolves around the sun.
  • 1545

    Councl of Trent

    Councl of Trent
    This was a ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Jan 22, 1561

    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon
    He was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He serves as Attorney general and as Lord Chancellor.
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo

    Galileo
    Was an Italian astronomer and physicist. He discovered four of Jupiter's moons.

  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes
    He was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. He is known for making the connection between geometry and algebra

  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    He is best known for his work on gravity. He also worked on and discovered many other scientific wonders during his lifetime.