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Jul 18, 1374
Petrarch
Petrarch was an Italian scholar and poet during the early Italian Renaissance who was one of the earliest humanists. -
1452
Leonardo da Vinici
Son of a landlord/notary, Leonardo turned out to be one of the best artists in the now Italian region of Tuscany. He epitomized the term Renaissance man, being one of the best of his time. -
Feb 18, 1452
Humanism
Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence over acceptance of dogma or superstition. -
Mar 3, 1468
Johan Gutenberg
Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known best as simply 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. -
1483
Raphael
Raphael created frescoes and architecture he created and designed throughout his career. He is considered one of the greatest artists of the period. Along with Leonardo, he was considered one of the best during his time era. -
1535
Thomas More
Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. -
Feb 18, 1535
Printing Revolution
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium, thereby transferring the ink -
Feb 18, 1535
perspective
in the graphic arts is an approximate representation, generally on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is seen by the eye. -
1542
Inquisotion
an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX c. 1232 for the suppression of heresy. It was active chiefly in northern Italy and southern France, becoming notorious for the use of torture. In 1542 the papal Inquisition was re-established to combat Protestantism, eventually becoming an organ of papal government. -
May 24, 1543
Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe -
1545
Council of trent
held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Feb 18, 1546
Martin Luther
German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. he quit being a priest in 1507 -
Feb 18, 1546
Scale Of Indulgences
a distinctive feature of the penitential system of both the Western medieval and the Roman Catholic Church that granted full or partial remission of the punishment of sin -
Jan 28, 1547
Henry VIII
King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. Henry is best known for his six marriages -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the Bard of Avon. -
May 27, 1564
John Calvin
John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation -
Elizabeth I
Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen -
Galileo
Galileo Galilei was an astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath from Pisa. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics" -
Isaac Newton
English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution
