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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
Patron of the Arts -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
It was the first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
A picture of a woman -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
It was a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
It was a work of fiction and socio-political satire -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
The 95 Theses is a list of questions and propositions for debate -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
King Henry VIII declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
The seminal work on the heliocentric theory -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
He was a English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist -
Galileo invents the thermometer
A thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying mass
