The Renaissance

  • 1346 BCE

    Black Death 1346-1353

    Passed along on rat fleas transferred to humans which resulted in death.
  • 1265

    Dante 1265-1321 (Famous authors)

    He was an Italian writer and philospher. Was known best for Divine comedy.
  • 1483

    Martin Luther 1483-1546

    He was a catholic monk, started Lutheranism. Started the first protestant religion.
  • 1490

    Henry VII 1490-1547

    He wanted to be a male heir. The pope wouldn't let him marry the girl he loved.
  • 1506

    Anabaptists 1506-

    People believed in adult baptism and saw all people as equals.
  • 1509

    John Calvin 1509-1564

    He converted to be a protestantism when he was 25. He believed the church had fallen from what it originally was.
  • 1534

    Pope Paul III 1534-1549

    He realized what the protestantism's needed and helped. Was in the counsel of trent, started the Jesuit order.
  • 1564

    Shakespeare 1564-1616

    Is a English playwright. Lots of Shakespeare's plays are performed on this day.