World History

By jcooper3
  • Period: 1250 to 1560

    Renaissance

  • 1265

    Dante Alighieri

    Dante Alighieri
    Dante Alighieri was born.
  • 1321

    Death of an Artist

    Alighieri died
  • 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    Jan van Eyck
    Jan van Eyck was born.
  • 1400

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg
    Johannes Gutenberg was born.
  • 1432

    Eyck Art

    -Jan van Eyck finishes The Adoration of the Lamb.
    - Symbolic of Jesus sacrificing his life in order to redeem mankind from its sins.
  • 1441

    Death

    Jan van Eyck died.
  • 1447

    Pope Nicholas

    Pope Nicholas V appointed as the new Pope. He begins a major program of rebuilding.
  • 1455

    Bible

    Johannes Gutenberg wrote the first Bible in Latin.
  • 1468

    Death of a Writer and Technologist

    Johannes Gutenberg died.
  • 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolò Machiavelli was born.
  • 1469

    New Rule

    Lorenzo de Medici became ruler of Florence.
  • 1475

    Michelangelo de Lodovico Buonarroti

    Michelangelo was born.
  • 1483

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther was born.
  • 1492

    Voyage to be Remembered

    -Christopher Columbus set sail, hence the riddle "In 1492 Columbus sails the ocean blue."
    -In the command of three ships- the Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria- he set sail to find a western sea rote to China, Inda and spice island of Asia.
  • 1498

    Last Super

    Leonardo da Vinci completed The Last Super in Milan, Italy.
  • 1513

    The Prince

    Niccolò Machiavelli completes The Prince.
  • 1517

    95 These

    -The Catholic Church offered indulgences to people to collect more money, promising that their relatives' and their souls will be saved into heaven.
    -Martin Luther saw corruption in the church and constructed his 95 Theses.
    -This series of events led to protesting against the church.
  • 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo de Vinci was born.
  • 1519

    Death of an Inventor, Painter, Architect, Sculptor and ,Musician

    Leonardo de Vinci died.
  • 1521

    Excommunication

    After years of the church asking Luther to take down his 95 Theses and his continuous refusal, Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther from the church.
  • 1527

    Annulment

    King Henry VIII requested an annulment from his wife because she gave him a daughter and no sons to pass the throne to. His annulment was refused.
  • 1527

    Death of Politician

    Niccolò Machiavelli died.
  • 1541

    The Last Judgement

    Michelangelo completed the fresco The Last Judgement in the Sixtine Chapel.
  • 1547

    Nine Year Old King

    King Edward was crowned king after the death of his father. He was 9 at the time and had any older sisters who were skipped over and denied the crown because the boy was first in line of the crown.
  • 1553

    King to Queen

    Edward died and his oldest half-sister Mary becomes queen. Her cruel was towards non-christians causes chaos and she earns the nickname "Bloody Mary".
  • 1555

    Peace in Germany

    Peace of Augustberg ended the religious warfare in Germany.
  • 1558

    Death of Bloody Mary

    Queen Mary died at the age of 25 and he sister becomes queen.
  • 1564

    Death of a Painter, Sculptor, Architect, and Poet

    Michelangelo died.