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Feb 19, 1045
Bi Sheng
Bi Sheng had invented a movable type, or seperate piece of type for each character in the language. -
Feb 19, 1200
Block-printing
The block-printed items reached Europe from China. -
Jan 1, 1300
Italian Renaissance
In the 1300s the Renaissance begins in Italian city-states such as Florence, Milan, Mantua. -
Feb 19, 1400
Renaissance Ideas
By the late 1400s, Renaissance ideas had spread to Northern Europe--especially England, France, Germany, and Flanders. -
Feb 13, 1434
Medici
Cosimo de Medici won control over Florence's government. -
Feb 12, 1440
Johann Gutenberg
Johann Gutenberg developed the printing press that incorporated a number of technologies in new ways. -
Feb 12, 1453
The End of War
The destructive Hundred Years' War between France and England ended, many cities grew rapidly. -
Feb 19, 1455
Gutenburg Bible
Using his printing press Gutenburg printed a complete Bible, the Gutenburg Bible. -
Feb 19, 1460
Free standing nude
Donatello made the statue David which was the first free-standing nude since the ancient times. -
Feb 19, 1494
French King
A French King claimed the throne of Naples in Southern Italy and launched an invasion through Nothern Italy. -
Feb 19, 1509
Vittoria Colonna
She was noble born.Vittoria Colonna exchanged sonnets with Michelangelo and helped Castiglione publish The Courtier. -
Feb 19, 1509
Erasmus
Erasmus published his most famous work, The Praise of Folly. -
Feb 19, 1516
Thomas More
Thomas More wrote the book Utopia. It means "no place" in Greek but in English it is an ideal place as depicted in More's book. -
Feb 19, 1550
Flemish painting
Flemish paintings, which are oil-based, reached its peak with the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. -
Shakespeare
By 1592 he was living in London and was writing plays and poems, and soon he would be performing at the Globe Theatre.