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Mar 9, 1420
Masaccio
First to use linear perspective in his painting -
Mar 9, 1443
Donatello
First sculptor to create free-standing statues. -
Mar 9, 1497
Nicolaus Copernicus
Developed the sun-center theory, and some people wanted to learn more about his ideas. -
Mar 9, 1501
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter and poet his great works were almost entirely in the service of the Catholic Church, and include a huge statue of the biblical hero David -
Mar 9, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci is the painter of the Mona Lisa. -
May 9, 1580
Raphael
Raphael drew The Dispuration of The Holy Sacrament. -
William Gilbert
Advanced study of magnetism, and first to suggest Earth is a big magnet. -
Galileo's Pendulum
Galileo began his study of the pendulum while watching a suspened swing back and forth in the Cathedral of Pisa. -
William Harvey
His Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals recorded his findings. -
Robert Hooke
Used microscope to discover plant cells.
