Renaissance (1300-1600)

By Nykara.Dixon
  • 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    The first Bible was a Latin Language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Patron of the arts
  • 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Famous statue in Florence and, perhaps, in all the world: Michelangelo Davids
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Most Famous Painting of all time
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
    He wrote Utopia just before the outbreak of the reformation
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Starts the reformation
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    He declared himself to be supreme head of the church in England
  • 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    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
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    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.