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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
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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. -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
It has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world. -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
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1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
Sir Thomas More was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. Utopia was about the perfect civilization. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
"Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation." -
1532
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Upon King Henry VIII's death, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer began changes that allied the Church of England with the Reformation. -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
This book placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets. -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
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Galileo invents a thermometer
Galileo's air thermometer was the first thermometer in history.
