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Renaissance

By moetmoore
  • 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    A Latin language bible.
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Supporter of the arts.
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    oil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s most-famous painting.
  • 1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David, represented as a standing male nude.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England.
  • 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets.
  • 1551

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
    a work of fiction and socio-political satire
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
    An English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer
    Temperature sensor