West and the World

Bubonic Plague begins

Jan 1, 1347

The bubonic plague is a disease transmitted by fleas on rats and small rodents. Once bitten, humans start to get boils, and lymph nodes begin to swell. You slowly liquify from the inside out. A terrible way to die.

1347-1600

Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Dec 31, 1600

Renaissance begins

Jan 1, 1350

The renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned approx. from the 14th to 17th century. It was a very intellectual and artistic movement. Education through literature was incouraged.

Brunelleschi creates Linear Perspective

Jan 1, 1413

Brunelleschi created a concept that would change the world of art forever. He created linear perspective, which gave painted, and drawn images the three dimensional look. Thus making art much more real world like.

Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans

Oct 12, 1429

The Siege of Orleans was Joan of Arc's very first military victory, along with the first major french success following the crushing defeat at Agincourt in 1415

Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press

Jan 1, 1439

Johannes Gutenberg his invention of the mechanical moveable type printing created the printing revolution, and is often regarded as the most important event of the time period.

Cosimo de Medici dies

Apr 21, 1464

Cosimo de Medici and his family, became the foundation for the town of Florence. They were the bank for the church and the town. He controlled the voting by weath. Cosimo died in 1464 at the age 74.

Spanish Inquisition begins

Jan 1, 1478

The Spanish Inquisition was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the Medieval Iquisition which was under Papal control at the time.

Sandro Botticelli paints Birth of Venus

Jan 1, 1486

This painting shows the goddess Venus emerged from the sea as a full grown woman on the sea shore. The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Columbus discovers the America's

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus lead three ships out of the spanish port on August 3rd, 1492. Friday October 12th, they spotted land and sailed on in. They were greeted by native's, they gave them gifts of red hats and beads. The native's in return gave them parrots, cotton, and many fruits.

da Vinci paints The Last Supper

Jan 1, 1495

The Last Supper painted by Leonardo da Vinci, represents the the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as it is told in the gospel of John, when Jesus announced that one of his twelve apostles would betray him.

Raphael paints The School of Athens

Jan 1, 1510

The School of Athens is one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1510 and 1511.

Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel

Jan 1, 1512

Michelangelo painted 12,000 sq ft of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling, and especially The Last Judgment (1535–1541), is widely believed to be Michelangelo's crowning achievement in painting.

Machiavelli writes the Prince

Jan 1, 1514

The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning how to consider politics and ethics.

Thomas More Utopia

Jan 1, 1514

The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.

Martin Luther 95 Theses

Jan 1, 1517

Martin Luther's 95 Theses are widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially the sale of indulgences.

Start of the European Wars of Religion

Jan 1, 1524

The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe from 1524 to 1648, following the onset of the Protestant Reformation in Western and Northern Europe. These wars usually occured when any change in religion happened.

Henry VIII of England excommunicated

Jan 1, 1533

Henry was considered an attractive, educated and accomplished king in his prime and has a reputation as one of the most charismatic rulers to sit on the English throne. Besides ruling with absolute power, he also engaged himself as an author and composer.

Ivan the Terrible is born

Aug 25, 1533

Ivan the Terrible was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 until his death. Ivan managed countless changes in the progression from a medieval state to an empire and emerging regional power, and became the first ruler to be crowned as Tsar of All Russia.

Jesuit Order founded by Ingatius Loyola

Aug 15, 1534

Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation. Loyola's devotion to the Catholic Church was characterized by unquestioning obedience to the Catholic Church's authority and hierarchy.

Desiderius Erasmus dies

Jul 12, 1536

Desiderius Erasmus was a catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and a theologian

Scientific Revolution / Copernicus

Jan 1, 1543

The scientific revolution is an era associated primarily with the 16th and 17th centuries during which new ideas and knowledge in physics, astronomy, biology, medicine and chemistry transformed medieval and ancient views of nature and laid the foundations for modern science.

Spain declares bankruptcy for the 1st time

Jan 1, 1557

Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557, 1560, 1575 and 1596

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I

Jan 15, 1559

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth.

Saint Bartholomew's Massacre

Aug 24, 1572

The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.

Edict of Nantes

Apr 13, 1598

The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity.