-
Period: Jan 1, 1340 to
West and the World
The Renassiance. -
Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plague Begins
An detailed overview of the Black Death.The Bubonic Plague is one one of the most devastating plagues that mankind has ever encountered. Carried by rats and their dieseased fleas the plague wiped out 1/3 the population and europe and 100 million people worldwide. -
Jan 1, 1350
The Renassiance Begins
An overview of the Renassiance. The renassiance was a time period of reformation in all aspects of life. Religion was questioned, science was given credit, and art and culture flourished in this time period. -
Jan 1, 1420
Brunelleschi creates Leanear Perspective
An overview of Leanear Perspective. Brunelleschi is accredited with (re)discovery of linear perspective. It is the perspective that the farther away something is the smaller it will appear. Train tracks are an execellent example of this. -
Jan 1, 1428
Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans
A short biography on Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc was a peasant turned saint warrior for the French army. She fought against King Charles VII of England to return land to France. Her greatest battle was the mighty siege of Orleans where she pushed out the english fortified positions and reclaimed the city for France. -
Jan 1, 1450
Johann Gutenburg invents the printing press
An overview on Johann and his printing press. The printing press was a revultionary invention that enabled books and other written works to be avaliable to the masses. It allowed literary work to be created on such a great scale that even the common people would be able to possess books. -
Jan 1, 1464
Cosimo de Medici dies
An overview of the Medici Family Cosimo was the richest man of his time. He controlled the city state of Florance despite never having ruled it. With all his vast wealth and influence he turned Florence into a cultural empire to rival that of ancient Greece. -
Jan 1, 1478
Spanish Inquistion begins
A detailed overview of the Spanish Inquisition. The Inquisition was a essentially a Catholic Military that was form in spain in the thirteenth century as a way to unite the country. -
Jan 1, 1486
Sandro Botticelli paints Birth of Venus
A small overview of the painting. The Brith of Venus is a famous painting painted by Sandro Botticelli. It is oftened intrepreted that the painting is meant to invoke physical and intellectual love by dipicating Venus the god of love. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Discovers the Americas
While looking for new trade routes for spain, Captain Columbus discovered the Americas. It was an incredible discovery that lead to the creatio of the New World. It was a bloodly creation as many of the natives of the Americas were executed for their land or resources. -
Jan 1, 1495
Da Vinci paints The Last Supper.
A look into the composition of the painting. Da Vinci painted the last supper in a new unique way. It had been drawn many times before but Da Vinci was the first to draw the members of the supper with identifible emotions as opposed to making them emotionless saints. -
Jan 1, 1510
Raphel Paints the School of Athens
An in depth look at the painting of The School of Athens The School of athens is a painting which dipicts many famous intellectuals of the renassiance periods as famous intellectuals of ancient Greece. -
Jan 1, 1512
Michelangleo paints the Sistine Chapel.
A look at th painting. The painting of the cieling of the sistine chapel was a grand undertaking by Michelangleo, who much prefered to sculpt than paint. The cieling dicpicts many many religious events from the Bible including the creation of Adam and Eve. -
Jan 1, 1512
Thomas More Utopia
Utopia. Thomas More's Utopia was the first written work to detail the "ideal" society. It was this book that coined that word Utopia was a term for the perfect society. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther 95 Theses
A biography on Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a priest who along with his 95 Theses decreed that the Chruch itself was responsible for heresy. He is considered one of the forerunners to the Christian reformation. -
Jan 1, 1530
Ivan the Terrible is born
An overview of his life. Ivan the Terrible was a russian leader who is often thought to have suffered from mental illness. He had many violent outbursts throughout his many conquests of Russia and the surrounding countries. He held a vast empire at his prime. -
Jan 1, 1532
Machiavelli writes the Prince.
The Prince. The Prince was a written work which looked at the efftiveness of politial and governmental ways in which countries were controlled in the time of the renassiance. It brought about many new interesting ideas of government. -
Jan 1, 1533
Henry VIII of England is Excommunicated
A short explantion of his excommunication. Henry VIII was excommunicated from the Catholic Church when the church refused to let him be divorced from his curreny wife due to the fact he has had sex with her. So he made his own church (The Church of england) and divorced himself from her, excommunicating himself from the Catholic Church. -
Jan 1, 1534
Jesuit Order founded by Ignatius Loyola
A detailed overview of the Jesuit Order. The Jesuit Order is a rellgious order dedicated to following and supporting the morals and ideas of Jesus. Ignatius was their "Christ" and was responsible for writing many many constitutions for the order. -
Jan 1, 1536
Desiderius Erasmus dies
An overview of his life. Erasmus was an early humanist in the transition period of the renassiance. He was often critisized for his work in humanism by the Church but today he is remember as one of the forerunners to humanism being accepted. -
Jan 1, 1543
Scientific Revolution
An overview of the Revolution.The Scientific Revolution was the beginning of society accepting scientific discovery and facts as more than common heresy. Major progressions in all forms of mathematics and scieneces were made during this time. -
Jan 1, 1557
Spain declares bankruptcy for the first time.
A look at the ecomonic problems of Spain. When Phillip the Second inherited the Spanish throne from his father it didn' take long before he was forced to delcare bankruptcy of the nation to pay for military and costs to supplying the "New World". -
Jan 1, 1558
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I
An overview of Queen Elizabeth I. Queen Elizabeth I is remembered for her work in making peace in the many religious wars of her time (These wars were mostly due to her sister Mary I). -
Jan 1, 1560
Start of the European Wars of Religion
A broad overview of the Wars. There is no clear date to when these wars truly started or ended but there is no dispute is how violent these wars were. Simply because you had a different belief, depending where you lived you could be killed simply for your faith. -
Aug 24, 1572
Saint Bartholomew's Massacre
A brief overvew of the massacre. Saint Bartholomew's massacre was ordered by Charles IX of France. His mother convinced him to order the killing of Huguenots Catholics for fear they were going to throw a rebellion. In the course of a few days tens of thousands of people were killed. -
Edict of Nantes
An overview of the Edict. The edict of Nantes was a propostition that allowed for the freedom of conscience. It was written to stop the constant and distripute relgious wars of France.
