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1200
inquisition
a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation. -
1395
Johan Gutenburg
German blacksmith, goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press. -
1400
Humanism
a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. -
1404
perspective
the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian polymath Most influential Centered virgin and Christ child -
Feb 29, 1468
Pope paul III
born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation. -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science -
1473
heliocentric Theory
Heliocentrism is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System. -
Feb 19, 1473
copernicus
Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
Known for sculptures,painting,architecture and poetry -
1483
Raphael
Italian painter and architect -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507 -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry VIII
King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. -
1515
printing revolution
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium, thereby transferring the ink. -
Mar 7, 1533
Elizabeth I
Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution. Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. -
1564
William Shakespeare
English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath from Pisa. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science". -
scientific method
a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
