- Italian painter
- born on July 8, 1593
- one of the most accomplished painters
- raped, which influenced her work
- painted pictures of strong independent women including a self portrait
- born in 1478
- known as Saint Thomas More
- english lawyer, philosopher
- wrote "Utpoia"
Martin Luther
- born in 1483
- wrote the 95 theses
- became a monk and theologist
Prince Henry of Portugal
- nicknamed henry the navigator
- third child of john the 4th
- established a center of navigation and exploration
Miguel de Cervantes
- born in 1547
- spanish novelist and play writer
- prince of wits
- Donquixote
Louise Labe
- born in the early 1500's
- wrote 24 sonnets
- born to a rope maker
- died in the early 1560's
- author who encouraged women to write books
- Renaissance architect and engineer
- built a dome for Florence cathedral
Ambrose Pare
- born in France
- served as a surgeons apprentice
- served in the war
- wrote a book about sea devils
- his faith is unknown
- tied an artery
- first one to use bandages
Peter Bruegul
- flemmish painter
- known for landscapes and peasant scense
- painted peasant dance
John Calvin
- Born July 10, 1509 in France. He died in 1564
- was a french reformer & theologian
- wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion
- When Calvin was 28, he moved to Geneva, Switzerland
- he created Calvinism
- Calvinism was based around the absolute power and supremacy of God.
- an English philosopher & architect
- born in July of 1635.
- Helped rebuild London after the great fire
- Last of 4 children
- father of modern political theory
- Wrote "The Prince"
- was unfairly attacked his whole life
- an italian spanish navigator. sailed west across atlantic ocean
- didn't mean to discover the americas
- travelled to Carribean Sea and claimed land
- well known musician
- made a telescope
- found jupiter's 4 moons
- observed Venus for a while
- became blind
- born in 1464
- first to record sun spots
- german blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher.
- introduced printing to Europe
- invented the moveable printing press, known as a very important event
- major work - Gutenburg bible
- born in 1398
- Painted the "Last Supper"
- created designs for airplanes
- invented and sketched early tanks and cars
- was an italian painter and sculptor
- painted the cieling Sistine Chapel
- was very well known
- wrote "Romeo and Juliet"
Nicolaus Copernicius
- Publsihed theory that the Earth was not the center of the universe
- published detailed descriptions of the human anatomy
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