Renaissance (1300-1600)

By Nykara.Dixon
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    The first Bible was a Latin Language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany
  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Patron of the arts
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Famous statue in Florence and, perhaps, in all the world: Michelangelo Davids
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Most Famous Painting of all time
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    He wrote Utopia just before the outbreak of the reformation
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Starts the reformation
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    He declared himself to be supreme head of the church in England
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolas 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
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    The thermometer describes in this article was not invented by him. Galileo did invent a thermometer, called Galileo's air Thermometer more accurately termed a thermoscope.