The Renaissance

The revival of classical learning and the arts, from Giotto and Dante to Copernicus and Shakespeare, about 1300 to 1600.

A timeline of 19 events from 1300 to 1600, by stevejeffery1703, on Timeline Source.

Events

1. The Renaissance: 1300 – 1600
2. Giotto paints the Scrovegni Chapel: 1305
3. Dante finishes the Divine Comedy: 1320
4. Petrarch crowned poet laureate in Rome: Apr 8, 1341
5. Brunelleschi’s dome for Florence Cathedral: 1420 – 1436
6. Cosimo de’ Medici returns to Florence: 1434
7. Fall of Constantinople: May 29, 1453
8. Gutenberg Bible printed: 1455
9. Lorenzo de’ Medici rules Florence: Dec 2, 1469 – Apr 8, 1492
10. Botticelli’s Birth of Venus: 1485
11. Leonardo paints the Last Supper: 1495 – 1498
12. Michelangelo’s David: 1501 – 1504
13. Mona Lisa begun: 1503
14. Sistine Chapel ceiling: 1508 – 1512
15. Raphael’s School of Athens: 1509 – 1511
16. Machiavelli writes The Prince: 1513
17. Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions: 1543
18. Death of Michelangelo: Feb 18, 1564
19. Shakespeare’s Hamlet: 1600