Renaissance

Transmission of Greek Text during 4th Crusade

1202 BCE

t opens the door to learning

Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

Jan 1, 1449

The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.

Gutenberg prints the first Bible

1455

Johann Gutenberg holds the distinction of being the inventor of the movable-type printing press. In 1455, Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany.

Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

1503

The world's most-famous painting.

Michelangelo sculpts the David

1505

One of the greatest masterpieces ever created by mankind.

Thomas More writes Utopia

1516

Sir Saint Thomas More is famous for his book Utopia that paved way for the Utopian literature.

Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

1517

95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.

King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

1534

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.

Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

1543

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

English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist

Galileo invents a thermometer

1603

Galileo did invent a thermometer, called Galileo's air thermometer (more accurately termed a thermoscope),