The renaissance

the renaissance

  • May 2, 1434

    lorenzo de medici becomes the head of florence

    lorenzo de medici becomes the head of florence
    Lorenzo ruled with his brother Giuliano insisted that he follow he grandfathers and fathers example and
    "use constitutional methods as much as possible"
  • May 2, 1439

    gutenburg invents printing press

    gutenburg invents printing press
    Johannes Gutenberg made a method of movable type and used it to create one of the Western world's first major printed books.
  • May 2, 1475

    michaelangelo starts the david

    michaelangelo starts the david
    the statue David is a 5.17-metre marble statue of a standing male nude. He represents a biblical hero
  • May 2, 1485

    henry VII becomes king of england (house of tudor)

    henry VII becomes king of england (house of tudor)
    he was a king of England from seizing the crown he was also the first monarch of house of tudor
  • Jun 28, 1491

    henry VIII becomes king of england

    henry VIII becomes king of england
    henry was the second Tudor monarch. He disagreed with the Pope on the question of an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation
  • Aug 3, 1492

    columbus discovers america

    columbus discovers america
    with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. Columbus set sail to Palos Spain on October 12 he reached land
  • May 2, 1495

    DaVinci paints the last supper

    DaVinci paints the last supper
    in 1495 DaVinci started to paint the last supper but didn't finish until 1498 he turned what was intended to be a modest wall decoration into an artistic composition of The Last Supper.
  • May 2, 1508

    michaelangelo starts the sistine chapel

    michaelangelo starts the sistine chapel
    between 1508 and 1512 Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel the painting is a ceiling painting which was preserved for people to view
  • Oct 31, 1517

    martin luther posts 95 theses

    martin luther posts 95 theses
    the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation was put on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany
  • shakespere builds the globe theater

    shakespere builds the globe theater
    the globe theatre was were Shakespere preformed all of his plays it was built in 1599 but was destroyed by fire in 1613 it is now called the Gielgud Theatre in honor of john gielgud