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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
Patron of the arts -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
Makes books cheaper and easier to access for all -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The portrait of a noblewoman has become the most valuable and famous painting in the world -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
The statue was placed in a city and came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
About the political system of an imaginary ideal nation or a "perfect society" -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Begins the Protestant Reformation -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Declared himself the supreme head of the church and as a result, many non-Anglicans consider that the Church of England came from the 16th century Protestant Reformation -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
A book written by a Polish astronomer places the Sun at the center of the universe and argues that the Earth revolves around it. -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
English poet, playwright, and actor -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Called Galileo's air thermometer (thermoscope)
