Renaissance – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

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The Thirty Years War

The Thirty Years War begins

Cervantes

The first part of Don Quixote, the first modern novel, is published in Spain.

The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy

William Shakespeare is born

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth is crowned in England.

The Sack of Rome

The Sack of Rome marks the end of the High Renaissance in Italy

Late Renaissance

1520-1650 Late Renaissance

Henry VIII becomes King of England

1495-1527 High Renaissance

Christopher Columbus

Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas

Michelangelo

Birth of Michelangelo

Lorenzo de Medici, one of the great patrons of the arts, becomes head of the city-state of Florence