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1202 BCE
Transmission of Greek Text during 4th Crusade
It opens the door to learning -
Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de' Medi
He is the most powerful and enthusiastic patron if Renaissance culture in Italy -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
holds the distinction of being the inventor of the movable-type printing press -
1473
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 -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
He accepted the challenge with enthusiasm to sculpt a large scale David and worked constantly for over two years to create one of his most breathtaking masterpieces of gleaming white marble. -
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 that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
work of fiction and socio-political satire -
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 -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
English poet -
Galileo invents a thermometer
invent a thermometer, called Galileo's air thermometer (more accurately termed a thermoscope) -
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
the Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
