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The Renaissance

By Annalyn
  • Period: Nov 13, 1300 to Nov 14, 1400

    Proto-Renaissance

    This is the Beginning of The Renaissance time period.
  • Nov 13, 1305

    Art!!

    Art!!
    Giotto completes his work on the Scorvengi Chapel in Padua. He also has painted many other chapels and paintings. He painted Jesus' Crucifixion along with many other artists.
  • Nov 13, 1308

    Poetry!!

    Poetry!!
    Dante writes an epic poem, the Divine Comedy. It's about Dante visiting hell, purgatory, then Heaven. He's explaining his thoughts of how it's like.
  • Nov 13, 1400

    Empires!!

    Empires!!
    During the Renaissance time period there were empires in Asia like the Ottomans. These were huge and they took over many countries.
  • Period: Nov 13, 1400 to Nov 14, 1500

    Early Renaissance

    The start of travel and world exploration.
  • Nov 13, 1450

    Inventions!!

    Inventions!!
    Johannes Gutenberg invented the first printing press. It made copying or writing important documents much easier.
  • Nov 21, 1492

    The New World!!

    The New World!!
    Christopher Columbus found the New World, again. He thought it was Asia!
  • Period: Nov 21, 1495 to Nov 22, 1527

    High Renaissance

    This time is were all the moat famous artists start their most famous art work.
  • Nov 21, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci!!

    Leonardo da Vinci!!
    Leonardo has painted The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa. I think she started the say cheese to the artist like we say cheese to the camera.
  • Nov 21, 1508

    Michelangelo!!

    Michelangelo!!
    At this time he has already started his sculpture of David and now he is starting his famous Sistine Chapel.
  • Nov 21, 1517

    The 95 Theses!!

    The 95 Theses!!
    Martin Luther hung the famous 95 Theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg. This starts the Reformation. The Reformation is when some Christians start turning away from the power hungry Catholic Church to worship God different ways. (The Catholic Church aren't what they were back then so please have no bad feelings towards them)
  • Nov 21, 1527

    Empires!! (Again)

    Empires!! (Again)
    Rome is sacked by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. No more Roman Empire. They gone.
  • Period: Nov 21, 1527 to

    Mannerism

    This is the time period where the Renaissance starts to die down and take an end.
  • Plays!!

    Plays!!
    William Shakespeare builds the Globe Theater and writes many plays over the next few years including Hamlet and Macbeth.
  • Galileo!!

    Galileo!!
    Galileo uses his newly fixed telescope to observe the sky. He then finds all of Jupiter's moons. They're called Europa, Callisto, Lo, and Ganymede.