The Renaissance

By Kennedy Neblett
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de' Medici

    Lorenzo de' Medici
    Lorenzo de' Medici was the most powerful man during the Renaissance.
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci Paints The Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci Paints The Mona Lisa
    Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, ect.
  • Oct 30, 1454

    Gutenberg Printing The First Bible

    Gutenberg Printing The First Bible
    Gutenberg's bible was the first to be printed in German.
  • Nov 3, 1460

    Vasco da Gama Sails To India

    Vasco da Gama Sails To India
    He sets sail to India in the year 1513 so he could search for gold.
  • May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli Writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli Writes The Prince
    Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer. He was a founder of modern political science and political ethics.
  • Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus Publishes On The Revolution Of The Celestial Spheres

    Nicolaus Copernicus Publishes On The Revolution Of The Celestial Spheres
    Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More Writes Utopia

    Thomas More Writes Utopia
    Sir Thomas More, venerated by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.
  • Nov 1, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition Is Introduced

    Spanish Inquisition Is Introduced
    The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.
  • Nov 3, 1483

    Raphael Paints The Transfiguration

    Raphael Paints The Transfiguration
    Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.
  • Jun 18, 1491

    King Henry VIII

    King Henry VIII
    Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France.
  • Oct 23, 1491

    Found Of The Society Of Jesus By Ignatius Of Loyola

    Found Of The Society Of Jesus By Ignatius Of Loyola
    Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and, on 19 April 1541, became its first Superior General.
  • Nov 3, 1492

    Colombus Discovers The New World

    Colombus Discovers The New World
    Christopher Colombus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas
  • Jul 10, 1509

    John Calvin Publishes Institutes Of The Christian Religion

    John Calvin Publishes Institutes Of The Christian Religion
    John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther Posts His 95 Theses

    Martin Luther Posts His 95 Theses
    In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment called “indulgences” for the forgiveness of sins.
  • May 21, 1527

    King Phillip II Of Spain Assembles The Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II Of Spain Assembles The Spanish Armada
    Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 and of Portugal from 1581. From 1554, he was King of Naples and Sicily as well as Duke of Milan. During his marriage to Queen Mary I, he was also King of England and Ireland.
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth I Begins Rulership In England

    Elizabeth I Begins Rulership In England
    Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
  • Nov 3, 1554

    Sir Walter Raleigh Tries To Establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raleigh Tries To Establish Roanoke
    Sir Walter Raleigh was an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He was related to Sir Richard Grenville and younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Invents The Thermometer

    Galileo Invents The Thermometer
    Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance.
  • Apr 3, 1564

    William Shakespeare Is Born

    William Shakespeare Is Born
    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. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon."

  • Michelangelo Sculpts The David

    Michelangelo Sculpts The David
    Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.