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Timeline: Renaissance

Renaissance

c.1500
c.1500
c.1520
c.1526
c.1530
c.1530
c.1550
c.1580
c.1589
c.1590
c.1600
c.1600
Cellini's Most Famous Work; The 'Saliera."
Discoveries & Innovations
  • Benvenuto Cellini is Born in Italy, describes Plique à Jour Process in ‘Treatises’ in 1568.
A Full Rose-Cut Diamond Diagram.
Jewelry History
  • Rose Cuts for Diamonds Begin to Appear.
    Rose Cuts
    Discoveries & Innovations
    • Probierbüchlein (Little Book of Assays) Published, Becomes an Important Guide to Assaying of Metals.
    A Contemporary Shot of the Agra Diamond.
    Jewelry History
    • The First Mention of the Agra Diamond in History.
      Agra Diamond
      Discoveries & Innovations
      • Spanish Conquistadores Send Colombian Emeralds Back to Spain.
      Jewelry History
      • Arabesque Style Becomes Popular in Renaissance Scroll Work.
        Discoveries & Innovations
        • Spanish Conquistadores Find Platinum in South America.
        Platinum
        Discoveries & Innovations
        • First European Lab for Smelting Ores to Test for Gold.

        • Silver Found in the New World on Roanoke Island, VA; Settlement Evacuated 1586.
        The Beau Sancy.
        Jewelry History
        • The Beau Sancy diamond is first mentioned in history.
          Beau Sancy
          Discoveries & Innovations
          • Colorless Zircons Mined in France.
          General History
          • The Baroque Period Starts.
          Jewelry History
          • Human Hair First Worn in Memorial Jewels.
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