Renaissance

Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

Jan 1, 1449

Born January 1st, 1449, in Florence, Italy

Gutenberg prints the first Bible

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

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.

Michelangelo sculpts the David

1504

Thomas More writes Utopia

1516

Sir Thomas More was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. Utopia was about the perfect civilization.

Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

Oct 31, 1517

"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."

King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

1532

Upon King Henry VIII's death, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer began changes that allied the Church of England with the Reformation.

Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

1543

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.

William Shakespeare is born

1564

He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, in 1564

Galileo invents a thermometer

1603

Galileo's air thermometer was the first thermometer in history.