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Jan 1, 1449
Lerenzo de' birth
ruler of the Florentine Republic -
Aug 8, 1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany. -
Oct 30, 1473
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus -
Oct 30, 1478
Spanish Inquisition
was established in 1478 -
Oct 30, 1492
Columbus discovers the new world
Discovers America, 1492. -
Oct 30, 1501
s a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture
is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo -
Oct 30, 1516
Thomas More
is known for his 1516 book Utopia and for his untimely death in 1535, -
Oct 30, 1517
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany -
Oct 30, 1520
Transfiguration
the Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I
was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death -
Oct 30, 1533
Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, but it wasn't published until 1532, five years after his death -
Apr 19, 1541
Ignatius of Loyola
was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) -
Jan 28, 1547
King Henry VIII
was the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. -
Oct 30, 1559
Institutes of the Christian Religion
Highly influential in the Western world[1] and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 (at the same time as the English King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries -
Apr 30, 1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. -
Roanoke Island
Sir Walter Raleigh funded expeditions to Roanoke Island -
Spanish Armada
Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in August 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. -
galileo galilei invents the thermometer
Galileo Galilei discovered that the density of liquids (how much they contract and expand) reacts predictably to changes in temperature -
Vasco da Gama sails to India
Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean
