CHRONOLOGY AND TIMELINE OF THE RENNAISSANCE PERIOD | MAJOR EVENTS | AUTHORS 

The Renaissance was a cultural and intellectual movement that took place in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. Here is a brief timeline of some of the most important events of the Renaissance:


- 1303: The Renaissance begins in Italy with the rise of city-states like Florence, Venice, and Milan.

- 1348: The Black Death devastates Europe, leading to significant social, economic, and cultural changes.

- 1450: The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg allows for mass production of books, spreading knowledge and ideas.

- 1485: The fall of Constantinople leads to an influx of Greek scholars in Italy, contributing to the revival of classical learning.

- 1492: Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas opens up new trade routes and cultural exchange.

- 1503: Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.

- 1508: Michelangelo begins work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

- 1517: Martin Luther's 95 Theses spark the Protestant Reformation.

- 1543: Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), proposing a heliocentric universe.

- 1564: William Shakespeare is born.

- 1572: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre occurs in Paris, marking a turning point in the French Wars of Religion.

- 1605: The first permanent English settlement is established at Jamestown, Virginia.

- 1610: Galileo Galilei observes the heavens with his telescope, providing evidence for the Copernican theory.

- 1648: The Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and establishes the modern nation-state system.

- 1687: Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), laying the foundations for classical mechanics.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there were many other events, figures, and cultural developments that shaped the Renaissance.

Here are some of the major literary events of the Renaissance :

- 1435: Leon Battista Alberti writes "On Painting," an essay on perspective.
- 1444: Alberti writes "On the Family," which presents a model for what Renaissance marriages should be.
- 1470: Thomas Malory writes (or compiles) "Le Morte d'Arthur."
- 1471: Marsilio Ficino completes his "Platonic Theory."
- 1511: Desiderius Erasmus writes "Praise of Folly."
- 1512: Erasmus writes "De Copia."
- 1513: Niccolò Machiavelli writes "The Prince."
- 1516: Erasmus writes "New Testament," the first modern and critical version of the Greek New Testament. Thomas More writes "Utopia," and Baldassare Castiglione writes "The Book of the Courtier."
- 1520: The Italian Wars begin, involving most of the major states of Western Europe in a series of conflicts.
- 1525: Johannes Dürer publishes "Course in the Art of Measurement."
- 1529: Diogo Ribeiro completes his "World Map."
- 1532: François Rabelais writes "Gargantua and Pantagruel."
- 1536: Paracelsus writes the "Great Book of Surgery."
- 1543: Copernicus writes "Revolutions of the Celestial Orbits," and Andreas Vesalius writes "On the Fabric of the Human Body."
- 1544: Matteo Bandello publishes "Novelle," a collection of tales.
- 1567: Isabella Whitney publishes "The Copy of a Letter," the first English woman to have written non-religious verses.
- 1570: Andrea Palladio writes "Four Books on Architecture."
- 1572: Abraham Ortelius publishes the first modern atlas, "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum." Luís Vaz de Camões publishes his epic poem "The Lusiads."
- 1580: Michel de Montaigne publishes his "Essays," popularizing the literary form.
- 1590: Edmund Spenser publishes "The Faerie Queen."
- 1603: William Shakespeare writes "Hamlet."
- 1605: Miguel Cervantes' "Don Quixote" is published.

 ALL THE WRITERS OF THE RENNAISSANCE (chronologically arranged) 

🟥 DRAMATISTS

Here is a list of Renaissance dramatists, arranged chronologically:

1. Leon Battista Alberti (Italy, 1404-1472) - wrote comedies and tragedies
2. Niccolò Machiavelli (Italy, 1469-1527) - wrote comedies, including "Mandrake" and "Clizia"
3. Ludovico Ariosto (Italy, 1474-1533) - wrote comedies, including "The Supposes"
4. Giovanni Battista Giraldi (Italy, 1504-1573) - wrote tragedies, including "Altile"

From the English Renaissance

1. Henry Medwall (1462-1501)
2. John Heywood (1497-1580)
3. Nicholas Udall (1504-1556)
4. Thomas Norton (1532-1584)
5. Thomas Sackville (1536-1608)
6. William Wager (1530-1569)
7. George Gascoigne (1534-1577)
8. Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)
9. John Lyly (1554-1606)
10. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
11. Robert Greene (1558-1592)
12. Thomas Lodge (1558-1625)
13. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
14. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
15. Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)
16. Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
17. Abraham Fraunce (1559-1593)
18. Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
19. John Marston (1576-1634)
20. John Fletcher (1579-1625)
21. Philip Massinger (1583-1640)
22. James Cummings (1550-1614)
23. James Shirley (1596-1666)
24. John Donne (1572-1631)
25. Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)

Please note that the dates listed are approximate and represent the birth and death years of each playwright.


🟥 POETS 

Here is a list of Renaissance poets, arranged chronologically:

1. Dante Alighieri (Italy, 1265-1321) - wrote the Divine Comedy (completed 1320, but influential during Renaissance)
2. Petrarch (Italy, 1304-1374) - wrote sonnets and other poems
3. Giovanni Boccaccio (Italy, 1313-1375) - wrote poetry and prose, including the Decameron
4. Jacopo Sannazaro (Italy, 1458-1530) - wrote Arcadia, a collection of poems
5. Ludovico Ariosto (Italy, 1474-1533) - wrote Orlando Furioso, an epic poem. 

Poets from the English Renaissance:

1. Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
2. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547)
3. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
4. Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
5. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
6. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
7. Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
8. John Donne (1572-1631)
9. George Herbert (1593-1633)
10. Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
11. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
12. John Milton (1608-1674)
13. Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
14. John Fletcher (1579-1625)
15. Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)
16. Giles Fletcher (1586-1623)
17. William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
18. Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)
19. Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)
20. Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
21. Abraham Fraunce (1559-1593)
22. Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
23. Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
24. Fulke Greville (1554-1628)
25. Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618)
26. Richard Barnfield (1574-1627)
27. William Browne (1591-1643)
28. George Wither (1588-1667)
29. Henry Constable (1562-1613)
30. Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
31. Sir John Suckling (1609-1642)
32. Thomas Carew (1595-1640)
33. Robert Burton (1577-1640)
34. George Gascoigne (1534-1577)
35. Jasper Mayne (1604-1672)
36. Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)
37. James Shirley (1596-1666)
38. Thomas Jordan (1612-1685)
39. William Davenant (1606-1668)
40. Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)

Please note that this list is still not exhaustive, and there were many other poets who contributed to the English Renaissance.

🟥 FICTION WRITERS

Here is a list of Renaissance fiction writers, arranged chronologically:

1. Giovanni Boccaccio (Italy, 1313-1375) - wrote the Decameron, a collection of novellas
2. Ludovico Ariosto (Italy, 1474-1533) - wrote Orlando Furioso, an epic poem with prose sections
3. Niccolò Machiavelli (Italy, 1469-1527) - wrote Belfagor arcidiavolo, a novella
4. Giovanni Battista Giraldi (Italy, 1504-1573) - wrote Ecatommiti, a collection of novellas
5. William Painter (England, 1530-1594) - wrote The Palace of Pleasure, a collection of novellas
6. Margaret of Navarre (France, 1492-1549) - wrote Heptaméron, a collection of novellas
7. Matteo Bandello (Italy, 1485-1561) - wrote Novelle, a collection of novellas
8. Miguel Cervantes (Spain, 1547-1616) - wrote Don Quixote, a novel
9. Thomas Nash (England, 1567-1601) - wrote The Unfortunate Traveller, a novella
10. John Lyly (England, 1554-1606) - wrote Euphues, a novel

Here is a comprehensive list of fiction writers from the English Renaissance:

1. Sir Thomas Malory (1405-1471) - "Le Morte d'Arthur"
2. John Bourchier (1410-1474) - "The Chronicles of England"
3. Robert Greene (1558-1592) - "Pandosto", "Menaphon"
4. John Lyly (1554-1606) - "Euphues", "Euphues and His England"
5. Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) - "The Unfortunate Traveller"
6. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) - "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
7. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) - numerous plays and poems
8. Ben Jonson (1572-1637) - "The Case is Altered", "Volpone"
9. John Marston (1576-1634) - "The Malcontent", "The Dutch Courtesan"
10. Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) - "The Revenger's Tragedy", "A Game at Chess"
11. Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) - "Philaster", "A King and No King"
12. John Fletcher (1579-1625) - "The Faithful Shepherdess", "The Island Princess"
13. James Shirley (1596-1666) - "The Traitor", "The Lady of Pleasure"
14. Henry Glapthorne (1610-1643) - "The Hollander", "The Ladies' Privilege"
15. Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683) - "The Prisoners", "The Parson's Wedding"
16. William Davenant (1606-1668) - "The Wits", "The Man's the Master"
17. Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) - "The Mistress", "Pindarique Odes"
18. George Gascoigne (1534-1577) - "The Adventures of Master F.J."
19. Barnaby Rich (1540-1617) - "The Adventures of Don Simonides"
20. John Grange (1567-1623) - "The Golden Aphroditis"
21. Thomas Lodge (1558-1625) - "The Tales of the Gods"
22. Robert Burton (1577-1640) - "The Anatomy of Melancholy"
23. George Wilkins (1576-1618) - "The Miseries of Inforced Marriage"
24. John Webster (1580-1625) - "The White Devil", "The Duchess of Malfi"
25. Thomas Dekker (1572-1632) - "The Shoemaker's Holiday", "The Honest Whore"
26. John Ford (1586-1639) - "The Lover's Melancholy", "The Broken Heart"
27. Thomas Heywood (1574-1641) - "The Four Prentices of London", "The Royal King and the Loyal Subject"
28. John Day (1574-1640) - "The Tragedy of the Turks", "The Parliament of Bees"
29. William Rowley (1585-1642) - "The Birth of Merlin", "The Changeling"
30. James Shirley (1596-1666) - "The Traitor", "The Lady of Pleasure"

Please note that this list is still not exhaustive, and there were many other fiction writers who contributed to the English Renaissance.

Also, during the Renaissance, the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction were not always clear, and many works of fiction were presented as true stories or histories. Additionally, many works of fiction were written in forms other than the novel, such as novellas, short stories, and romances.


🟥 PROSE & NON-FICTION WRITERS

Here is a list of Renaissance prose and non-fiction writers, arranged chronologically:

1. Leon Battista Alberti (Italy, 1404-1472) - wrote On Painting, On Sculpture, and other treatises
2. Niccolò Machiavelli (Italy, 1469-1527) - wrote The Prince, Discourses on Livy, and other political treatises
3. Erasmus (Netherlands, 1466-1536) - wrote Praise of Folly, Letters, and other essays
4. Thomas More (England, 1478-1535) - wrote Utopia, The History of King Richard III, and other works
5. Francis Bacon (England, 1561-1626) - wrote Essays, The Advancement of Learning, and other philosophical works
6. Michel de Montaigne (France, 1533-1592) - wrote Essays, a collection of philosophical and autobiographical writings
7. Joachim du Bellay (France, 1522-1560) - wrote Defense and Illustration of the French Language, a treatise on literature and language
8. William Camden (England, 1551-1623) - wrote Britannia, a historical and topographical survey of Britain
9. Walter Raleigh (England, 1552-1618) - wrote The Discovery of Guiana, a travel account and historical treatise
10. Thomas Hobbes (England, 1588-1679) - wrote Leviathan, a political treatise

Prose and non-fiction writers from the English Renaissance:

1. Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) - "Utopia"
2. William Tyndale (1494-1536) - "The Obedience of a Christian Man"
3. Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) - "The Book of Common Prayer"
4. Roger Ascham (1515-1568) - "The Schoolmaster"
5. William Camden (1551-1623) - "Britannia"
6. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) - "Essays", "The Advancement of Learning"
7. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) - "Leviathan"
8. Robert Burton (1577-1640) - "The Anatomy of Melancholy"
9. Thomas Browne (1605-1682) - "Religio Medici", "Hydriotaphia"
10. John Evelyn (1620-1706) - "Diary", "Sylva"
11. Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) - "Diary"
12. John Locke (1632-1704) - "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"
13. Thomas Sprat (1635-1713) - "The History of the Royal Society"
14. Aphra Behn (1640-1689) - "Oroonoko", "The Rover"
15. John Dryden (1631-1700) - "Essays", "The Conquest of Granada"
16. George Puttenham (1529-1590) - "The Arte of English Poesie"
17. Richard Mulcaster (1530-1611) - "The First Part of the Elementarie"
18. Thomas Wilson (1524-1581) - "The Arte of Rhetorique"
19. John Florio (1553-1625) - "A Worlde of Wordes"
20. Henry Peacham (1576-1643) - "The Garden of Eloquence"
21. Charles Butler (1560-1647) - "The English Grammar"
22. John Bulwer (1606-1656) - "Chirologia"
23. Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660) - "The Jewel"
24. Joseph Glanvill (1636-1680) - "The Vanity of Dogmatizing"
25. George Savile (1633-1695) - "The Character of a Trimmer"

Please note that this list is still not exhaustive, and there were many other prose and non-fiction writers who contributed to the English Renaissance.

Also, during the Renaissance, many writers wrote in multiple genres, and some works of fiction were presented as true stories or histories, while some works of non-fiction were written in a literary style.


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