Key Western Europe Figures

List of People: Western Europe

Western Europe’s Renaissance was driven by influential figures across art, literature, and thought. In France, Montaigne pioneered the essay, while Rabelais enriched literature. In England, Shakespeare revolutionized drama, and Thomas More advanced humanist political philosophy.

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Year	Western Europe
1452	Birth of Leonardo da Vinci (Location: Vinci, present-day Tuscany, Italy)
1469	Birth of John Fisher (Location: Beverley, Yorkshire)
1473	Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (Location: Toruń, Poland)
1478	Birth of Thomas More (Location: London (City of London))
1487	Birth of Hugh Latimer (Location: Thurcaston, near present-day Leicester)
1489	Birth of Thomas Cranmer (Location: Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, England)
1491	Birth of Henry Tudor (Location: Greenwich (London))
1494	Birth of William Tyndale (Location: Near Dursley, Gloucestershire)
1500	Birth of Benvenuto Cellini (Location: Florence (Firenze), present-day Italy)
1508	Birth of Andrea Palladio (Location: Padua (Padova), present-day Veneto, Italy)
1510	Birth of Jean Goujon (Location: Around Rouen (Normandy, France) according to one theory, but birthplace is unconfirmed)
1512	Birth of Gerard de Kremer (Location: Rupelmonde, present-day part of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium)
1514	Birth of Philibert de l'Orme (Location: Lyon, present-day France) Birth of Andries van Wesel (Location: Brussels, present-day Belgium)
1515	Birth of Pierre Lescot (Location: Paris, France)
1516	Birth of Mary Tudor (Location: Greenwich (London))
1517	Birth of John Foxe (Location: Boston, Lincolnshire)
1519	Death of Leonardo da Vinci
1522	Birth of John Jewel (Location: Berrynarbor, Devon)
1533	Birth of Elizabeth Tudor (Location: Greenwich (London))
1535	Death of John Fisher Death of Thomas More
1536	Death of William Tyndale
1537	Birth of Edward Tudor (Location: East Molesey (Surrey))
1543	Death of Nicolaus Copernicus
1547	Death of Henry Tudor
1548	Birth of Filippo Bruno (Location: Nola, present-day Campania, Italy)
1550	Birth of John Napier (Location: Edinburgh, present-day Scotland)
1553	Death of Edward Tudor
1554	Birth of Richard Hooker (Location: Exeter, Devon (Heavitree, in present-day Exeter))
1555	Death of Hugh Latimer
1556	Death of Thomas Cranmer
1558	Death of Mary Tudor
1564	Birth of Galileo Galilei (Location: Pisa, Italy) Death of Andries van Wesel
1565	Death of Jean Goujon
1570	Death of Philibert de l'Orme
1571	Death of Benvenuto Cellini Death of John Jewel
1578	Death of Pierre Lescot
1580	Death of Andrea Palladio
1587	Death of John Foxe
1594	Death of Gerard de Kremer
1600	Death of Filippo Bruno Death of Richard Hooker
1603	Death of Elizabeth Tudor
1617	Death of John Napier
1642	Death of Galileo Galilei

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