Renaissance through European Exploration Timeline

  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    The Time Frame of the First Crusades

    The Crusades were a series of religious wars that took place in the southern part of France. The purpose of the Crusades is because the Pope had called upon the western Christians to help aid the Byzantine Empire to victory in recapturing the Holy Land from the Muslims.
  • Period: 1162 to Aug 18, 1227

    Time frame of Genghis Khan’s life

    Genghis Khan was one of the most ruthless leaders in all of Asia. He was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.
  • Period: 1386 to 1466

    Time Frame of the life of Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)

    Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance. He craved masterpieces such as the Equestrian statue of Gattamelata, Zucone, Saint Mark, etc.
  • 1440

    The Year that Gutenberg invented the Printing Press

    The Year that Gutenberg invented the Printing Press
    The printing press was the first way of getting the word out to the public, and when Gutenberg invented it, it became one of the most useful inventions in our world today.
  • 1460

    The year by which the Portuguese had trading posts along west coast of Africa.

    The year by which the Portuguese had trading posts along west coast of Africa.
    Prince Henry, the son of Portugal's king, supports exploration and decides to set up a navigation school in 1419 on Portugal's coast. Nearly 40 years later, the Portuguese have trading posts along the west coast of Africa.
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Date Columbus first arrived on land in the Western Hemisphere

    Date Columbus first arrived on land in the Western Hemisphere
    Christopher Columbus supposedly discovers an island in the western hemisphere but was hoping to land in or somewhere near Asia to look for new trade routes. He instead discovers the Bahamas on August 3, 1492.
  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Oct 2, 1492

    Time Frame of Columbus’ last voyage to the West

    Christopher Columbus's voyage lasted about two months long, and he traveled from Spain to what he believes to be Asia (it's really the Bahamas), on 3 very small boats; the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
  • 1511

    The year Erasmus published The Praise of Folly

    The year Erasmus published The Praise of Folly
    The Praise of Folly is basically a Latin essay published in 1511, and Erasmus criticized the Roman Catholic Church and was a member of the "humanist" movement in the 16th century.
  • 1513

    The year Machiavelli published The Prince

    The year Machiavelli published The Prince
    Machiavelli had written The Prince in the year of 1513, but the novel was only published after his death in 1532. The book had become a well known novel all around the world.
  • 1516

    The year Sir Thomas More published Utopia

    The year Sir Thomas More published Utopia
    Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.
  • 1517

    The year of the start of the Lutheran Church

    The year of the start of the Lutheran Church
    Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, who only wanted to reform the Roman Catholic's concepts, but instead created a whole other religion.
  • Year by which the Dutch had 20,000 ships

    Year by which the Dutch had 20,000 ships
    When the English and the Dutch began to migrate to Asia in the 17th century, the Dutch consisted of approximately 20,000 ships than any other nation in the year of 1600.