Miller Renaissance timeline

Scrovegni Chapel

Jan 1, 1305

Giotto completes his work on the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. It is one of the most important masterpieces of Western art.

Divine Comedy

Jan 1, 1308

Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy. It is long narrative poem.

Miller Renaissance Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1315 to Dec 31, 1600

A timeline of the Renaissance and the impact on Europe.

Francesco Petrarch Is Crowned Poet Laureate

Apr 6, 1341

Many historians cite this date as the beginning of the Renaissance.

Petrach

Jan 1, 1348

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

Black Death

Jan 1, 1348

The Black Death sweeps through Europe. Between 25% and 50%
of the population fall victim to the plague.

The estimated appearance of Halley's Comet

Jan 1, 1378

Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime.

Birth of Cosimo de' Medici

Sep 27, 1389

He was an Italian banker and politician, the first member of the Medici family that ruled Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance.

Giovanni De Medici Moves To Florence

Jan 1, 1397

Giovanni de Medici, the papal banker, headquarters his business in Florence and becomes involved in Florentine public life and patronage of the arts, laying the groundwork for the rise of his son Cosimo de Medici to power.

Brunelleschi

Jan 1, 1419

Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral. It was constructed with the aid of machines that Brunelleschi invented expressly for the project.

Birth of Jean Fouquet

Jan 1, 1420

Jean Fouquet was a French painter and miniaturist. A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature

The Papacy Returns To Rome

Jan 1, 1420

The Papacy, having been located in Avignon since 1305, returns to Rome, bringing with it the prestige and wealth necessary to rebuild the city.

Francesco Fosari Becomes Doge Of Venice

Jan 1, 1423

Fosari assumes the position of doge and attempts to usurp great political power, to the distaste of the Great Council, Venice's oligarchic ruling body, which asserts its power over the doge and torments him until his resignation.

Masaccio is commissioned to paint The Pisa Polyptych

Jan 1, 1426

Masaccio painted for Santa Maria del Carmine, the Carmelite church in Pisa his best-documented work. It is an early work, although the painter died at the age of twenty-seven, one year after the altarpiece was finished.

Death of Hubert van Eyck

Sep 18, 1426

Hubert Van Eyck died on or before 18 September 1426, still in his thirties, and was buried in Saint Bavo's Cathedral, next to his sister Margareta

Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans

Jan 1, 1428

The Siege of Orléans (1428–1429) marked a turning point in the Hundred Years' War between France and England. This was Joan of Arc's first major[5] military victory and the first major French success to follow the crushing defeat at Agincourt in 1415.

Joan of Arc burned

May 30, 1431

On the morning of May 30, Joan of Arc was taken to the marketplace in Rouen and burned at the stake, before an estimated crowd of 10,000 people. She was 19 nineteen years old.

The Medici Family

Jan 1, 1434

The Medici Family becomes the head of the city-state Florence. The Medici Family ruled Florence for the next 200 years until 1737.

Arnolfini Portrait

Jan 1, 1434

Jan Van Eyck paints The Arnolfini Portrait. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges.

Printed Press was invented

Jan 1, 1450

in 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invented the Printing Press. As a result of the printing press, books were published more quickly and less expensively.

Ghiberti completes The gates of paradise

Jan 1, 1452

The gates of paradise are a pair of gilded bronze doors designed by the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti for the north entrance of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, installed at the east entrance.

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

Jan 1, 1453

. In 1453, Mehmet II the Conqueror led the Ottoman Empire in capturing Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantium Empire. He turned Constantinople into the capital of the Ottoman Empire and renamed it Istanbul.

The English civil war

May 22, 1455

The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: and the House of York. Eventually, the wars eliminated the male lines of both families. The conflict lasted between 1455 and 1487,

Complete version of the Bible was printed

Oct 22, 1456

In 1456 Johannes Gutenberg printed a complete edition of the bible using the movable type of the printing press.

Desiderius Erasmus was born

Oct 27, 1469

Desiderius Erasmus was born on October 27, 1469 in Rotterdam, Holland. Erasmus was a Dutch Humanist and the greatest scholar of the North Renaissance and the most famous
Christian Humanist

Birth of Cesare Borgia

Sep 13, 1475

Cesare Borgia was born in Rome. There is controversy about his date of birth and his father. He is believed to be the illegitimate son of Cardinal Roderic Llancol i de Borja and his mistress, Vannozza dei Cattanei.

Michelangelo Buonarroti is apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio

Jan 1, 1488

In 1488, Michelangelo was apprenticed to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. He then lived in the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the leading patron of the arts in Florence.

Columbus sets sail

Aug 3, 1492

Columbus set sail from Spain in three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. On August 3, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus started his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

America is discovered

Oct 12, 1492

Italian explorer Christopher Columbus "discovers" the New World. He did not really discover it since already millions of people lived there but his journey marked the beginning of many explorations and colonizing North and South America.

Medici Family

Jan 1, 1494

The Medici family is kicked out of Florence by Girolamo Savanarola

Leonardo da Vinci and the Last Supper

Jan 1, 1495

Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper. It is one of the Western worlds most recognizable paintings.

Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David.

Jan 1, 1501

David became Michelangelo's most famous work of art. It is thirteen feet tall and was the largest statue made since Ancient Rome. It is considered by many experts in art to be a near perfect sculpture.

Mona Lisa

Sep 25, 1503

This is Leonardo's most appreciated painting. It is the portrait of Mona Lisa, wife of the Marquese del Giocondo, and da Vinci made it as a request of Giuliani de Medici. Leonardo used a technique invented by himself called "sfumato". It is subtle gradation of tone which was used to obscure sharp edges and create a synergy between lights and shadows in a painting.

Michelangelo started painting the Sistine Chapel

Sep 25, 1508

Julius II asked Michelangelo to decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He persuaded the Pope to adopt Michelangelo's plan instead of Julius's plan, because Julius wanted paintings just of the twelve Apostles, and Michelangelo painted scenes of the Old Testament.

Henry VIII becomes king of England.

Jan 1, 1509

When Henry was seventeen years old his father Henry VII died. Henry decided to marry his brother's former wife, Catherine of Aragon the Princess of Spain. They were quickly married and then were crowned king and queen of England.

Raphael paints his masterpiece the School Of Athens.

Jan 1, 1511

The School of Athens is a fresco painted by Raphael between 1510 and 1511. It was painted on the wall of the library in the palace at the Vatican. The painting shows many of the philosophers of Ancient Greece including Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Euclid.

The Sistine Chapel opens

Nov 1, 1512

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling first opens to public. On November 1, All Saint's Day, Pope Julius II celebrated a mass in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

The book The Prince was written

Jan 1, 1513

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince. This book analyzed the politics of Renaissance Italy. It said that rulers should use force and deceit to hold power. This idea influenced the thought and actions of later political leaders.

Martin Luther Nails the 95 thesis on the Door of the Wittenburg Church

Oct 31, 1517

Martin Luther challenged the traditional practice of the church and Pope Leo X. Luther believed that a persons wealth should not impact their status in their after

Ferdinand Magellan begins his voyage around the world.

Sep 1, 1519

In September of 1519 Magellan set sail in his attempt to find another route to Eastern Asia. There were over 270 men and five ships under his command. The ships were named the Trinidad, the Santiago, the Victoria, the Concepcion, and the San Antonio.

Lutheranism

Jan 1, 1520

Martin Luther laid the foundation for a new Protestant religion called Lutheranism. Catholicism stressed faith and good works in getting salvation and using the church teaching as a spiritual guide. Lutheranism stressed salvation by faith alone.

Death of Raphael

Apr 6, 1520

On April 6, 1520 Raphael's 37th birthday, he died suddenly and unexpectedly of mysterious causes in Rome, Italy.

Zwingli set up a theocracy

Jan 1, 1527

Zwingli wanted to set up a theocracy, or church run state, in the Swiss City of Zurich.He did so by 1527.

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

May 6, 1527

Rome is sacked by the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The Sack of Rome on May 6 1527 was a military event carried out in Rome by the troops of Charles V.

Henry VIII separates from church of England

Jan 1, 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.

King Henry VIII dies

Jan 28, 1547

Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547 when he was 55 years old - a death many believe was hastened by his obesity.

Elizabeth I

Jan 15, 1559

Elizabeth I becomes queen of England in 1559 at age 25. She continued ruling England for 44 years.

The Royal Exchange opens in London, England

Jan 23, 1571

Wealthy merchant Sir Thomas Gresham establishes The Royal Exchange as London’s first center for trading stocks. It is modelled on the Bourse in Antwerp. It is the world’s oldest financial exchange.

Birth of Peter Paul Rubens

Jun 28, 1577

Flemish painter who was the greatest exponent of Baroque painting's dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance.

The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy

Jan 1, 1588

Off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain’s so called Invincible Armada is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake.

Shakespare started to work on the Globe Theatre

Sep 24, 1594

From 1594-1608 Shakespeare worked for the London Theater World. The Globe Theatre became the place to be in London. It could house up to 3,000 spectators and had a uniquely designed stage with a painted ceiling, columns, and stage wall. They had specially trained musicians who made special effects noises during the plays. They even had a cannon that fired blanks.