IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND

EVENTS IN THE

RENAISSANCE

By: Rena

POPE PIUS II

POPE PIUS II

In 1405,1465, He made the first to make official use to use an idea

of "Europa“. He divided Europe, Asia, and Africa into continents. If

Europe, Asia, and Africa our earth would have been completely

different. Because the economy, population, people, religion and etc.

would have been different, which could impact us in a negative and

positive way, it depends on the way we look at it.

JOAN OF ARC

JOAN OF ARC

Joan of Arc was just 12 years old when she started hearing and

seeing visions of angels and saints and that should touch and feel

them. In 1431, She had then told everyone that god has told her that

the British were coming. She was then put on trial, because she was

accused and was put charges on heresy and sorcery by an ecclesiastical

court of inquisition. This is has an huge impact on the catholic

people, because now they all respect her and they call her their saint.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

LEONARDO DA VINCI

PARACHUTE

In 1452-1519, Leonardo Da Vinci invented or thought of the idea of the parachute. He had

drawn out a simple drawing a parachute with a man holding it. In the sketch he wrote “If a man

have a tent made of linen of which the apertures (openings) have all been stopped up, and it be twelve braccia

(about 23 feet) across and twelve in depth, he will be able to throw himself down from any great height without

suffering any injury.” The parachute was not actually made until 2000, when a parachutist and

enthusiast tested out the parachute. The only changes they made was strengthen the harness. He

didn’t only create a parachute but he also invented other modern technology. I think without

Leonardo’s invention and idea’s our world would be completely different, because maybe half of

the things we use for transportation might not exist and technology too which could cause us

some negative impact but on the other hand positive impact, because there might not be as

much problems on the internet.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

In1492, Christopher Columbus found a new land in the west. His

goal was to find a new route to Asia but instead he found a new land

in the west. This has a huge impact to us now, because if Christopher

Columbus didn’t find the new land then there might have never been

such things as Americans.

GALILEO

GALILEO

In late 1500’s, Galileo stepped forward to revolutionize science. He told

everyone that the earth went around the sun but the roman Catholic Church

was against the theory so Galileo was found guilty for his theory. Galileo’s

theory was that the earth goes around the sun but if that theory never existed

then the people in the Renaissance would have thought that god was the one

creating all these changes. This would be a huge difference to us if Galileo

theory was never figured out, because our minds and knowledge would be

different and everyone’s perspectives would be different.

THE MEDICI FAMILY

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THE MEDICI FAMILY

In 1532, The Medici family found out a system for the Bank. The

Medici had a small business on banking but then it became pretty big.

If the Medici family never found the system for the bank then our

economy might have been different and the way we deal with our

money might not be as good. But on the other hand it might have

been a positive thing, because some people might not be in debt.

MONA LISA

MONA LISA

Mona Lisa was created in 1503-1506 by a painter called Leonardo da

Vinci. This Paining has been acclaimed to be "the best known, the most

visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied

work of art in the world." This painting has had a huge impact in our lives

now, because it has given us a new perspective of art and this painting has

so much message and mystery behind which has made it so famous. If

this painting didn’t exist then the painting might be different, because

“Mona Lisa” has given most people different ideas and perspective.

KING HENRY VII

KING HENRY VII

King Henry VIII was a very cruel man. He had a short temper and was known for

executed people. He had 6 wives. His goal was to get a Baby boy, because he wanted to

crown the son the King. But when his first wife got a baby girl, Elizabeth, he wanted a

divorce but the law in England was that you could not divorce. He begged the church but

the church kept saying “no” so he finally just made his own church and made a new law

which is you are allowed to divorce. Even though King Henry VIII was very tricky and

made up his own law it has helped us now, because if King Henry VIII never created the

Law, you can divorce, then right now there might have never been such thing as divorcing

which could have an negative impact in our life but also maybe a positive impact. This

happened in 1509-1547.

MACHIAVELLI

MACHIAVELLI

In 1512, He wrote the book called "The Prince“ .Machiavelli changed

the world, because he wrote quotes which changed the world. For

example, the leaders would use the quotes but would twist it the

other way. If Machiavelli did not discover the quotes then there might

have never been the leaders that changed the world (Positive and

negative way).

MARTIN LUTHER

MARTIN LUTHER

In1520, Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses and pinned on the church door. He

was then put into charges of heresy, because he was not following the church rules

and was going against the church. He was also put into court with the inquisitor.

Even though some people agreed with his theses, the church did not like the way he

thought or making his own religion. This has a huge impact on us now, because

without Martin Luther’s 95 theses there wouldn’t be different types of religions.

That means there wouldn’t be monks which could give us negative impact in our

life.

QUEEN ELIZABETH 1 OF

ENGLAND

ELIZABETH 1 OF ENGLAND

In 1558-1603, Queen Elizabeth 1 was the first female ruler which made a huge difference to

England and she also created a lot of war but since she defeat most of the wars which then gave

more peace to England. She had also reduced the national debt of England to zero which had

made England become a world power. She was locked in prison by her half-sister, Mary, and

then she became the queen of England which was then named “Bloody Mary’. f Elizabeth was

not crowned as Queen then England could have had a high chance of being in debt and also not

having any peace at all. This impacts a lot of British people, because Queen Elizabeth 1 is from

England and if she was not the queen then the Brits would have had some debt (which could

cause a lot of financial problems) and might not have any peace with the countries.

ISAAC NEWTON

ISAAC NEWTON

In 1666, Isaac Newton came up with the idea of gravity, because

when Isaac was sitting under the tree an apple fell which he then had

the idea of gravity. This is a huge impact to us, because without his

knowledge then our knowledge of the world would be false

information. We would also be lost with the idea of space and

science. So if Isaac didn’t figure out the theory then we would all still

be wondering around and wondering about the world.