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1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
everything was hand written -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
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1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
the painting that is always staring at you -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
a book about religious and social customs -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
He wanted to be in control of everything -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Says the sun is in the center of the universe -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
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Galileo invents a thermometer
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Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
patron of the arts
