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Timeline - The Renaissance
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Timeline - The Renaissance
Alberto Pitzalis / 2B
19/02/23
Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. From the 14th century to the 17th century the Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature and art, while global exploration opened up new lands and cultures to European commerce.
1440
1440, creation of movable type printing presses
In Germany, around 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press, which started the Printing Revolution.
1492
October 12, 1492
Columbus makes landfall in the Americas
Columbus left Castile in August 1492 with three ships and made landfall in the Americas on 12 October. His landing place was an island in the Bahamas, known by its native inhabitants as Guanahani.
1517
October 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
The priest and scholar Martin Luther nails a piece of paper to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenbergit, Germany, containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
1519
1519
Charles V became Holy Roman Emperor
From the Habsburg family, son of Maximilian I, Charles was elected
Holy Roman Emperor with the name of Charles V.
1545
December 13th, 1545
The Council of Trent opens
The Council of Trent was the Catholic Church’s first significant reply to the growing Protestants Reformation. The primary purpose of the council was to condemn and refute the beliefs of the Protestants, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin.
1555
September 25, 1555
Peace of Augusta
A treaty between Charles V and an alliance of Lutheran princes, on September 25, 1555, at the imperial city of Augusta in present-day Bavaria, Germany.
It officially ended the religious struggle between the two groups and made the division of christianity in Catholics and Protestants.
1559
April 2, 1559
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ended decades of war between France and Spain. The treaty was sealed by a dynastic marriage between Spain’s King Philip II and Elizabeth of Valois, the daughter of King Henry II of France.
1563
1563 Council of Trent ends
The Council of Trent ends and set the Church's authority with clear rules and definitions of what it meant to be Catholic.
1588
August 7-8, 1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The defeat of the Invincible Armada by Queen Elizabeth’s made England a world-class power and introduced long-range weapons into naval warfare for the first time.
1598
April 13th, 1598 Edict of Nantes
Signed by Henry IV of France the edict put a temporary end to the religious wars between Roman Catholics and Protestants in France.