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Feb 22, 1450
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg was said to be the first European to use a movable type of printer to print books. He used the printing press to make copies of the Bible. -
Feb 22, 1463
Common Law
English law forbids commoners to wear gold or purple. Those colors are reserved for royalty. -
Feb 22, 1512
Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling. It took 4 years to paint the ceiling 68 feet above the ground. -
Feb 22, 1513
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote this essay. It was to describe the government not in terms of the lofty ideas but in the way it actually operated. -
Feb 22, 1517
95 Theses
These theses were posted by Martin Luther. He posted these theses or statements about the indulgences in the church. -
Feb 22, 1528
The Book of Courtier
Baldassare Castiglione publishes this book. The book was fictional but written to show how gentlemen and gentlewomen were to act in a polite society. -
Feb 22, 1536
The Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin published this book to explain what the faithful should believe in. This code united Calvinists against opposition and persecution. -
Feb 22, 1540
Recognition of Jesuits
Pope Paul III recognized the Jesuits as an official order of the Catholic Church. The Jesuits were only founded 6 years earlier by Ignatius Loyola. -
Feb 22, 1545
Council of Trent
In this year, the Council of Trent was summonded to the city of Trent. Their goal was to reform the church from within. -
Feb 15, 1559
Index of Forbidden Books
The Catholic Church printed this book which is list of books banned from the church. The books were banned due to their criticism of the church.
