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1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed (a Latin language Bible) -
1473
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets. -
1492
Columbus discovers the new world
After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
It is a 14.0 ft marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci -
1513
Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. -
1534
founding of the the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
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1536
John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
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1564
William Shakespeare was born
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Galileo invents the thermometer
