Renaissance Learning
Engaging Lessons for Middle School Teachers and Students

 

Hall of Statues
Click on the Renaissance Man's picture or name to see their bio.

Filippo Brunelleschi

Leonardo
da Vinci

William Shakespeare

Johannes Gutenberg

Giovanni da Verrazzano

Vacsco
da Gama

 

Time Line Ticker
1377 Filippo Brunelleschi is born     -     1398 Johannes Gutenberg is born in Germany     -     1418 Filippo Brunelleschi starts working on the Cathedral dome in Florence     -     1446 Filippo Brunelleschi dies     -     1450 Johannes Gutenberg's printing press goes into operation     -     1452 Leonardo da Vinci is born in Italy    -     1460 Vasco da Gama is born in Portugal     -     1468 Johannes Gutenberg dies in Germany     -     1482 Leonardo da Vinci sets up a workshop in Milan     -     1485 Giovanni da Verrazzano is born in Italy     -     1497 Vasco da Gama sets sail on his first voyage to find an all water trade route to India     -     1498 Almost a year after setting off from Portugal, Vasco da Gama arrives in India     -     1503 Leonardo da Vinci begins work on the Mona Lisa painting     -     1519 Leonardo da Vinci dies in France     -     1524 Giovanni Da Verrazzano sails into New York Bay     -     1524 Vasco da Gama dies in India     -     1528 Giovanni da Verrazzano dies in the Antilles     -     1564 William Shakespeare is born in England     -     1616 William Shakespeare dies in England     -     1623 a collection of William Shakespears plays are published posthumously

 

15th Century Map of Europe
Where our Renaissance Men made their mark.