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1300 - 1400 Proto-Renaissance

1305 - Giotto completes his work on the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua.

1308 - Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy.

1341 - The first great humanist, Petrarch, is named the poet laureate of Rome.

1400 - 1500 Early Renaissance

1419 - Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral.

1434 - The Medici family becomes the head of the city-state of Florence.

1450 - Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.

1453 - The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Constantinople, signaling an end to the Byzantine Empire.

1469 - Lorenzo de Medici becomes head of the city-state of Florence. He is one of the great patrons of the arts.

1485 - Henry VII becomes king of England beginning the reign of the House of Tudor.

1486 - Boticelli completes the painting The Birth of Venus.

1492 - Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas.

1495 - 1527 High Renaissance

1495 - Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper.

1498 - Vasco da Gama arrives in India after sailing around the southern tip of Africa from Portugal.

1501 - Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David.

1503 - Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.

1508 - Michelangelo begins his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

1509 - Henry VIII becomes king of England.

1509 - Humanist author Erasmus writes Praise of Folly.

1511- Raphael paints his masterpiece The School of Athens.

1516 - Sir Thomas More publishes his work Utopia on political philosophy.

1517 - Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg. This signals the start of the Reformation.

1519 - Ferdinand Magellan begins his voyage around the world.

1527-1600 Mannerism

1527 - Rome is sacked by the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

1534 - Henry VIII separates the Church of England from the Catholic Church of Rome so that he can divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn.

1558 - Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.

1588 - The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy.

1599 - William Shakespeare builds the Globe theatre. He will write many of his great plays over the next few years including Hamlet and Macbeth.

1610 - Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter.

1618 - The Thirty Years War begins.



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Medici Family
Italian City-states
Age of Exploration
Elizabethan Era
Ottoman Empire
Reformation
Northern Renaissance
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Daily Life
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Architecture
Food
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Music and Dance
Science and Inventions
Astronomy
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Famous Renaissance People
Christopher Columbus
Galileo
Johannes Gutenberg
Henry VIII
Michelangelo
Queen Elizabeth I
Raphael
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci

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