During the Renaissance, scholars began uncovering and studying forgotten manuscripts. Many years later William Shakespeare came along. William Shakespeare was a very famous person in the Renaissance. An interesting fact is that Erasmus, Pico, and William Shakespeare are the only three of the Renaissance that are still admired today. Trade was one of the huge factors in the Renaissance. The Renaissance started in Rome,Italy. One big invention was the printing press. The printing press was made in Germany. Those are some of the major things that happened in the Renaissance.