Central Europe's Renaissance

List of People: Central Europe

Central Europe's Renaissance was driven by transformative minds. Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press revolutionized knowledge sharing, while Albrecht Dürer redefined Northern European art. Scholar Erasmus championed humanist philosophy, and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus reshaped our view of the cosmos with his heliocentric theory.

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Year	Central Europe
1433	Birth of Marcin Bylica (Location: Olkusz (Poland))
1471	Birth of Albrecht Dürer (Location: Nuremberg (now Bavaria, Germany))
1472	Birth of Lucas Maler (Location: Kronach (now Bavaria, Germany))
1473	Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (Location: Toruń, Poland)
1480	Birth of Albrecht Altdorfer (Location: Regensburg (Germany) is the most widely accepted theory, though another theory points to Altdorf near Landshut) Birth of Matthias Grünewald (Location: Würzburg (Germany) is the dominant theory, though the exact birth place remains unconfirmed)
1482	Birth of Johannes Oecolampadius (Location: Weinsberg (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany))
1483	Birth of Martin Luther (Location: Eisleben (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany))
1484	Birth of Georg Spalatin (Location: Spalt (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
1486	Birth of Andreas Karlstadt (Location: Karlstadt am Main (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
1490	Birth of Thomas Müntzer (Location: Stolberg (Harz, present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany))
1491	Birth of Martin Bucer (Location: Sélestat (formerly Schlettstadt, present-day Alsace, France))
1493	Death of Marcin Bylica
1497	Birth of Hans Holbein (Location: Augsburg (now Bavaria, Germany)) Birth of Philip Melanchthon (Location: Bretten (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany))
1499	Birth of Jan Łaski (Location: Presumed to be Łask (present-day Łódź Voivodeship, Poland), though recent research states the exact place of birth cannot be definitively determined)
1500	Birth of Karl von Habsburg (Location: Ghent, present-day Belgium)
1503	Birth of Ferdinand von Habsburg (Location: Alcalá de Henares, Community of Madrid, Spain)
1515	Birth of Lucas Sunder (Location: Wittenberg (Germany))
1525	Death of Thomas Müntzer
1527	Birth of Maximilian von Habsburg (Location: Vienna, Austria)
1528	Death of Albrecht Dürer Birth of Maria von Habsburg (Location: Madrid, Spain) Birth of Maria von Spanien (Location: Madrid, Spain) Death of Matthias Grünewald
1531	Death of Johannes Oecolampadius
1538	Death of Albrecht Altdorfer
1541	Death of Andreas Karlstadt
1543	Death of Nicolaus Copernicus Death of Hans Holbein
1545	Death of Georg Spalatin
1546	Death of Martin Luther
1551	Death of Martin Bucer
1552	Birth of Rudolf von Habsburg (Location: Vienna, Austria)
1553	Death of Lucas Maler
1558	Death of Karl von Habsburg
1560	Death of Jan Łaski Death of Philip Melanchthon
1564	Death of Ferdinand von Habsburg
1576	Death of Maximilian von Habsburg
1586	Death of Lucas Sunder
1603	Death of Maria von Habsburg Death of Maria von Spanien
1612	Death of Rudolf von Habsburg
1737	Birth of Jan Kanty Broziński (Location: Kraków (present-day Poland))
1794	Death of Jan Kanty Broziński

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