The Renaissance

  • 1095

    Return of the Soldiers from Crusades

    -Increase in the food population
    -Population increases
  • 1265

    Dante Alighieri

    -Italian philosopher
    -Known for divine comedy
  • 1347

    The Black Death

    Spread through rat flees and trades.
  • 1455

    Gutenberg Bible

    This bible was the first complete book in the west.
  • 1494

    Medici

    Italian bourgeois family that ruled Florence.
  • 1495

    The Last Supper Painting

    Leonardo painted this painting in Milan, Italy.
  • 1508

    Michelangelo painted Sistine Chapel

    He painted this chapel located in Vatican City.
  • 1517

    95 Thesis - Reformation

    Martin Luther hung his 95 theses on the church doors.
  • 1555

    The Peace of Augsburg

    Each prince had to decide which religion his land would prevail.