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Period: Jan 1, 1266 to Jan 1, 1337
Giotto
Giotto was an Italian artist. His major patrons were The King of Naples and Pope Benedict XI. He really enjoyed making Frescos and he pioneered new ideals of naturalism and pictoral space. Some major paintings by him were Noli me tangere, The Last Supper and Madonna and Child. -
Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374
Petrarch
Petrarch was a famous Italian scholar, poet, and humanist. He is also considered as one of the fathers of the Renaissance. Him and his followers were called Humanists. -
Period: Jan 1, 1330 to Jan 1, 1550
Italian Renaissance
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Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Jan 1, 1466
Donatello
Donatello was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance period. He was very well known for art such as David, Mary Magdalene, Madonna, Salome, Zuccone, and the Dragon. -
Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460
Henry the Navigator
Important figure in 15th century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and the Age of Discoveries
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Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1520
Age of Portuguese Exploration and Expansion
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Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Jan 1, 1519
Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist best know for his paintings. He was also described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man. He is very well known for the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The Vitruvian Man. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottoman takeover of Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1455
Gutenberg's Printing Press
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Period: Jan 1, 1457 to Jan 1, 1509
Henry VII
King of England and Lord of Ireland
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Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Jan 1, 1519
Johann Tetzel
Tetzel was a Roman Catholic German Dominican friar and preacher. He was the first public antagonist of Luther. -
Period: Jan 1, 1469 to Jan 1, 1527
Machiavelli
Machiavelli was an Italian writer, historian, and poet. He carried out many diplomatic missions in France, Germany, and Italy. His most famous book was The Prince. -
Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1564
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a sculptor, painter, and architect. He was considered one of the best artists of the Renaissance. -
Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520
Raphael
Raphael was an Italian artist who was very well known for his "Madonnas". He was a leading artistic figure. -
Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546
Luther
Father of Protestantism and Church Reformer -
Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Jan 1, 1531
Huldrych Zwingli
leader of reformation in Switzerland -
Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1556
Loyola
Spanish Nationality
Founder of the Jesuit order -
Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jan 1, 1547
Henry VIII
King of England; King of Ireland -
Jan 1, 1492
Spain- 3 events (Granada conquered, Columbus, Expulsion of Jews)
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Age of Spanish Exploration and Expansion
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Jan 1, 1494
France invades Italy
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Period: Jan 1, 1494 to Jan 1, 1547
Francis I
monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Northern Renaissance
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1558
Charles V
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Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1510
The School of Athens
THe School of Athens is one of the most famous frescos by Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1510. It is located in Vatican CIty. -
Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1564
John Calvin
influential French theologian and pastor during protestant reformation
responsible for Calvinism -
Jan 1, 1513
The Prince
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Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Jan 1, 1582
Teresa of Avila
Prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, an author of the Counter Reformation, and thelogian of contemplative life through mental prayer. -
Jan 1, 1517
95 Theses
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Jan 1, 1517
The Growth of Luthernism
Lutheranism is a branch of Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther. This was originally based on an effort to reform the Catholic Church. -
Period: Jan 1, 1517 to
Reformation
The reformation was the religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century. It's greatest leaders were Martin Luther and John Calvin. -
Jan 1, 1518
Catholic Reformation
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Jan 1, 1519
The Growth of Calvinism
Follows the Christian practices and beliefs of John Calvin. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus' On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies
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Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
One of the Roman Catholic Church's most immportant ecumencial councils.
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Jan 1, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
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Jan 1, 1556
Abdication of Charles V
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV
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Elizabeth I of England died
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Beginning of the 30 Years’ War
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Charles I is executed and Cromwell came to power in England