History Timeline

By Elisabeth Fehrenbacher
  • 1603 BCE

    Invention of a thermometer

    Invention of a thermometer
    This thermometer was named after Galileo, who didn't invent the first thermometer but invented the thermometer named Galileo's air thermometer.
  • 1564 BCE

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was born Apirl 1564, no one knows the exact day.
  • 1543 BCE

    Publishing of the On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Publishing of the On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Nicolaus Copernicus published On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres right before his death in 1543.
  • 1530 BCE

    Anglican church

    Anglican church
    King Henry began to Protestant Anglican church in the 1530' after the "Catholic church wouldn't allow him to annul his marriage to his first wife".
  • 1517 BCE

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
    Martin Luther goes to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, nails a piece of paper to it that had the 95 revolutionary opinions written on it that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • 1516 BCE

    Utopia

    Utopia
    Thomas More ,the writer of Utopia ,describes how it's a "ideal island".
  • 1504 BCE

    The David

    The David
    The sculpture is located in the Accademia Gallery of Florence. There is also a second one located in Piazza della Signoria.
  • 1503 BCE

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Leonardo da Vinci was the creator of the paint, he didn't quite finish the painting since he broke his arm in a fainting.
  • 1455 BCE

    The Gutenberg Bible

    The Gutenberg Bible
    The Bible was originally written in Latin, when written it marked the "Gutenberg Revolution".
  • 1449 BCE

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Lorenzo de’ Medici was born January 1, 1449 in Florence, Italy.