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Jan 1, 1095
Crusades
The crusades were a series of holy wars over the holy land Jerusalum. The crusaders go to the Middle East to fight in the wars and bring back goods that aren't available in Middle Age Europe. This causes Europe to wonder what else is out there and trade starts to open up. -
Jan 1, 1347
The Black Death
The black deathw as a plague that spread from Asia to Europe through trade. It killed thousands of people in Asia and Europe because there was no cure. -
Jan 1, 1350
The Renaissance begins in Italy
The renaissance was the rebirth of Greek and Roman culture. The fall of canstantinople sent the scholars to Italy with thier books and knowledge. The people in Italy then started to study the texts and try to replicate their sculptures and the idea of humanism. -
Jan 1, 1436
Brunelleschi's Dome Completion
There was a competition for who was to be the first to build the dome. Brunelleschi won. He built the dome in 1436, but it was a challenge for him as well. He had to put the bricks in a certain pattern in order for it to stay together and not fall apart. -
May 29, 1453
The fall of constantinople
The fall of constantinople happened because of an invasion from the ottoman empire. The fall cuased all of the scholars to pack their books and go to Italy, where the Renaissance began. -
Jan 1, 1455
The Printing Press Invention
The printing press made it a lot easier to get information and ideas around. Without the printing press, the ideas of the renaissance wouldn't have gone around Europe and the renaissance porbably wouldn't have happened. -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci Paints the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci was a well known artisit during the renaissance and his painting the Mona Lisa is very popular in modern art. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther and the 95 theses
Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of the catholic church. The 95 theses are 95 claims or reasons against the church's authority and practices. This will start the protestant reformation. -
Dec 31, 1517
Protestant Reformation begins
The protestant Reformation began after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses against the catholic church to the church door and everyone began questioning the authorites and practices of the church. This lead to three different branches of christianity so the catholic church lost a lot of it's power. -
Jan 1, 1532
Machiavelli's The Prince is Published
The prince is a book that served as a guideline for a prince explaiing how to be a good ruler and whether it is to be a loved or feared prince. -
Jan 1, 1543
Scientific Revolution Begins
The scientific revolution was when scientists would use other scientists theories and results to build off or go against. Scientists in anatomy built off of Galen's work on how the body works and functions. Astronomists went against Ptolemy on hos theroy of the solar system being geocentric and they discovered that it was actually heliocentric.
