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The Renaissance Timeline ~Ameera 81

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  • 1300

    The Beginning of The Renaissance

    The Beginning of The Renaissance
    The Renaissance was a cultural movement that began in Florence, Italy, that spread throughout Europe. It started at 1300 and ended around 1600. During the Renaissance, people experienced changes in art, learning, and etc.
  • 1347

    The Black Plague begins

    The Black Plague begins
    The Black Plague began in western Europe in 1347 and in England in 1348, the plague soon had spread due to rats and fleas. The Plague had killed 25 million people.
  • Sep 30, 1399

    Richard II deposed. Henry IV crowned King of England (r. 1399-1413)

    Richard II deposed. Henry IV crowned King of England (r. 1399-1413)
    Richard ll, also known as Richard of Bordeaux was deposed and Henry Bolingbroke was crowned King of England from 1399 to 1413 to the Kingdom of France.
  • Oct 25, 1400

    The death of Geoffrey Chaucer

    The death of Geoffrey Chaucer
    Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet and author who had passed away on October 25 1400 in London, England.
  • Apr 24, 1404

    John the Fearless succeeds his father Philip the Bold

    John the Fearless succeeds his father Philip the Bold
    John the Fearless succeeds his father Philip the Bold as Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders and ruled from 1404 to 1419
  • Jan 1, 1413

    Brunelleschi creates Linear Perspective

    Brunelleschi creates Linear Perspective
    Brunelleschi creates Linear perspective revolutionized art. The artwork created depth and was perceived to be in 3D.
  • Oct 25, 1415

    The Battle of Agincourt

    The Battle of Agincourt
    Battle of Agincourt took place at October 25 1415.
    Charles, Duke of Orleans, taken prisoner and held in England until 1440.
  • 1417

    End of The Great Schism

    End of The Great Schism
    The Great Schism was a split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417. The schism ended by the Council of Constance finally be put to an end.
  • Sep 10, 1419

    Philip the Good succeeds as Duke of Burgundy

    Philip the Good succeeds as Duke of Burgundy
    Philip the Good succeeds as Duke of Burgundy and governed from September 10 1419 until his death June 15, 1467.
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Birth of Leonardo da Vinci

    Birth of Leonardo da Vinci
    Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian intellectual of the Renaissance who was interest included inventing, drawing, painting, sculpting, etc.
  • Aug 1, 1464

    Cosimo De Medici dies

    Cosimo De Medici dies
    Cosimo de Medici was considered one of the key figures of the nation, and he was a brilliant businessman who made a colossal fortune in banking
  • Nov 1, 1478

    The Spanish Inquisition begins

    The Spanish Inquisition begins
    The Spanish Inquisition, was to purify Catholicism in all their territories, it was a time of legalized horror, the gruesome and horrific deaths have ranged from 30,000 to 300,000, but some historians are convinced that millions died.
  • 1480

    Sandro Botticelli paints Birth of Venus

    Sandro Botticelli paints Birth of Venus
    Artist Sandro Botticelli had created this painting in the mid 1480's. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown.
  • 1495

    Da Vinci paints The Last Supper

    Da Vinci paints The Last Supper
    Da Vinci began the work in 1495 or 1496 and completed it around 1498. It depicts a famous scene from Holy Thursday, in which Jesus and his Apostles sharing a final meal before his death and resurrection
  • 1508

    Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel
    Pope Julius had insisted Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, which took him 4 years to complete.
  • Dec 28, 1508

    The death of Diego Rodriguez Lucero

    The death of Diego Rodriguez Lucero
    Diego Rodriguez Lucero was an inquisitor general of the Spanish inquisition who had killed ordered over 100 executions.
  • 1509

    Raphael paints The School of Athens

    Raphael paints The School of Athens
    The painting was started in 1509 and completed in 1511.
  • 1513

    Machiavelli writes the Prince

    Machiavelli writes the Prince
    The Prince, or the Latin title, De Principatibus is considered to be the earliest works of modern philosophy.
  • 1517

    Start of the European Wars of religion

    Start of the European Wars of religion
    The European wars of religion were a series of religious wars waged in Europe in the 16th, 17th and early 18th century. The wars were fought after the Protestant Reformation's beginning in 1517, which disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe.
  • Feb 24, 1525

    The Battle of Pavia

    The Battle of Pavia
    The Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the conclusive engagement of the Italian War of 1521 to 1526.
  • Aug 25, 1530

    Ivan the terrible is born

    Ivan the terrible is born
    van the terrible was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584.
  • Jan 15, 1559

    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth

    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
    Queen Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII of England. She was the 5th monarch in the Tudor dynasty, and her parents and elder siblings passed away, leaving her to be crowned queen.
  • Aug 24, 1572

    St. Bartholomew’s day massacre

    St. Bartholomew’s day massacre
    St. Bartholomew’s day massacre was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.

  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes
    Edict of Nantes, issued by King Henry the IV of France, had given non Catholics in France civil rights. This marked the end of the religious wars in France during the second half of the 16th century