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Scientific Method
It attempts to decrease the influence of bias or prejudice that takes place in the experimenter. It provides an objective which then improves their results. It makes sure that you observe and test before you make a statement of fact. -
Jul 20, 1304
Petrarch
Petrarch was an Italian poet. He is best known for the Iyric poetry of his Canzoniere. He is also considered one of the greatest love poets of world literature. He is the founder of humanism. -
1337
Perspective
During the Middle Ages most paintings were based on religious scenes. Since they were less worried about realism, there wasn't really a need for linear perspective. In the Renaissance artists started to gain interest back in painting people, landscapes, and even religious scenes in a more real way. -
1395
Johan Gutenberg
Johan was a German blacksmith. He was known for inventing the mechanical movable type printing press. The printing press has widely been known as the most important invention of the modern era. It was impacted by the transmission of knowledge. -
1400
Humanism
Humanism was important because it made people change how they thought about a lot. One of them was humanity, they got a different look on that which made them change how they look at that. On top of that it also made them change how they looked at art and philosophy. -
1440
Printing Revolution
The printing revolution made it easier for scientists to publish their work. It also helped scientists share their research amongst each other. Overall it helps people to share new ideas with many other people. -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo de' Medici
He was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic. During the Renaissance he was the most powerful and enthusiastic patron. He was most bright at being a Florentine statesman, ruler, and patron of arts and letters. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Today he remains best known for his art. He has two paintings that remain among the world's most famous and admired. Those paintings are the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He was very connected with art and nature. -
Feb 29, 1468
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III was the Pope from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527. He had uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation. -
May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
Machiavelli was a fifteenth century writer. His most famous works was the book "The Prince". That book was about politics and power. -
Oct 27, 1469
Erasmus
Erasmus was a humanist who was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. He was the first one to edit the New Testament. He was also an important figure in patristics and classical literature. -
Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus
Copernicus was a Renaissance and Reformation era mathematician and astronomer. He formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. He triggered the Copernican Revolution and made an important contribution to the Scientific Revolution. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo
He was a sculptor, painter and architect. He was widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance period. His worked showed psychological insight, realism, and intensity that is very rare and never seen before. -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More
Thomas More is known for his great book Utopia. He was also known for his sudden death which occurred in 1535. He refused to obey King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. The Catholic Church then canonized him as a saint in 1935. -
1483
Raphael
He is considered to be one of the most important artists in the High Renaissance. People compare him to Michelangelo and Leonardo because they're all famous artists at that time. Raphael is considered great because he changed the way people viewed art. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther is one of the most influential figures in Western history. His writings fractionalized the Catholic Church. His writings also sparked the Protestant Reformation. -
Jul 2, 1489
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. That caused of the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. He was a supporter to the principle of Royal Supremacy. -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry VIII
He ruled England for 36 years, which consisted of presiding over sweeping changes that brought his nation into the Protestant Reformation. He turned his country to a Protestant nation. He was the second tudor monarch. He was famous for his six wives during his search of political alliance. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
John Calvin was an influential French theologian, pastor and reformer during the Protestant Reformation. He helped developed what was called Calvinism. -
1517
Sale of Indulgences
A sale of Indulgence was a payment to the Catholic Church to get you out of a punishment for some type of sin. This was a way for the church to fund expensive projects. Despite the complaints about the church in the 16th century, the practice of selling "indulgences" raised the most opposition. -
1543
Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus Copernicus proposed this theory first. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer. Heliocentric system was his first published book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Francis served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. Even after he died he still remained very influential through his works. He was also very influential as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. The father of empiricism is what they called him. -
1564
William Shakespeare
He was an English poet, play writer, and actor. He was widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. Not only was he widely known for writing, but he was also the world's pre-eminent dramatist. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
Galileo made a lot of telescope discoveries. Out of them all he is most famous for his discovery of the four most massive moons of Jupiter. They are now named the Galilean moons. NASA named the mission to Jupiter, in 1990s, Galileo in honor of his work. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was considered one of the most famous scientists in history. Throughout his lifetime he developed the theory of gravity, the laws of motion, calculus, and made optics such as the reflecting telescope. Newton made a wide range of discoveries in his time.
