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Period: 1095 to 1291
the crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were intended to recover Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Islamic rule. -
Period: 1346 to 1352
the black death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the death of 75–200 million people, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351 -
Period: 1400 to 1495
the early renaissance
The Renaissance is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. -
1492
columbus sails to the americas
- Christopher Columbus officially set foot in the Americas, and claimed the land for Spain. -New world sighted at 2:00 a.m. by Rodrigo de Tirana, somewhere in the Bahamas -Arrives at Cuba.
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1492
gutenbergs bible
- . Gutenberg is settled in Strasbourg
- Gutenberg borrows a large sum of money -Gutenberg is in dispute with his financier, and probably loses
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Period: 1495 to 1500
high renaissance
the High Renaissance was a short period of the most exceptional artistic production in the Italian states, particularly Rome, capital of the Papal States, and in Florence, during the Italian Renaissance. Most art historians state that the High Renaissance started around 1495 or 1500 and ended in 1520 with the death of Raphael. -
Period: 1527 to
Late Renaissance
Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it.