Place the mouse pointer over the years so that you can read the most important events of the Renaissance.
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1350
1429
1492
1511
1517
1534
1610
Beginning of the
Renaissance
Joan of Arc and the
Siege of Orleans
Galileo discovers the
moons of Jupiter.
Shakespeare builds
the Globe Theatre
1439
Johann Gutenberg
invents the Printing Press
1486
Columbus discovers
America
Botticelli paints
"Birth of Venus"
1503
Leonardo Da Vinci
paints "Mona Lisa"
1495
Leonardo Da Vinci paints
"The last supper"
1508
Michelangelo begins
painting the Sistine Chapel
Martin Luther posts
his 95 theses
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
begins his voyage
around the world.
Henry VIII separates the
Church of England from
the -Church of Rome
1599
Raphael paints "The
School of Athens"