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Dec 7, 1300
The beginning of the Renaissance
This is the beginning of the Renaissance a French word for "rebirth" -
Dec 7, 1300
Stanza della Segnatura, with frescoes by Raphael
Raphael painted the Stanza della Segnature, and he painted it all over a big room. -
Dec 7, 1346
The Black Death
One of the most devastating pandemics in human history. There was an estimated 75 to 200 million deaths. -
Dec 7, 1400
Humanism
Humanism is the importance of an individual and human society. -
Dec 7, 1440
Gutenberg creates the printing press
Gutenberg made the printing press based on the existing screw presses. -
Dec 7, 1466
Erasmus
Born in 1466, Erasmus was a scholar and wrote in only Latin. He was a very big humanist and was called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists". -
Dec 7, 1469
Lorenzo de Medici
Lorenzo ruled the Italian city of Florence -
Dec 7, 1480
Botticelli completes The Birth Of Venus
It's by Sandro Botticelli commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence. -
Dec 7, 1483
Rafael
Painter and architect of the High Renaissance. -
Dec 7, 1483
Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni made by" Andrea del Verrochio
The second major monument in the Italian Renaissance. -
Dec 7, 1492
Columbus
Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. He finished four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. He was famous for finding the Americas. -
Dec 7, 1495
Da Vinci Paints The Last Supper
commissioned by the church as a part of a plan of renovations. -
Dec 7, 1500
Michelangelo sculpts the Pietà
Christian art, Mary holding Jesus who is dead. -
Dec 7, 1502
S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome by: Donato Bramante
A Christian Church made by: Donato Bramante. -
Dec 7, 1503
Da Vinci paints The Mona Lisa
Oil painting created in Florence -
Dec 7, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Is a cornerstone work of the High Renaissance art. At the Sistine Chapel. -
Dec 7, 1509
Henry VIII becomes the king of England
He was the first English king of Ireland. He was the second Tudor monarch. -
Dec 7, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg
The priest and scholar Martin Luther nails a piece of paper containing the 95 evolutionary options to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. That would begin the protestant Reformation. -
Dec 7, 1545
Titian Paints The Pope Paul III and his grandson.
It was an oil painting. Commissioned by the Farnese family. -
The Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a religious, political, intellectual and cultural major impact on Europe. Set belief that would define the continent in the modern era.
