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Renaissance

By GravyCheeks
  • 1202

    Transmission of Greeks text during 4th crusade

    Transmission of Greeks text during 4th crusade
    Opens the door to learning
  • 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de Medici
    The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of the renaissance
  • 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    ohann Gutenberg holds the distinction of being the inventor of the movable-type printing press. In 1455, Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany.
  • 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
  • 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Martin Luther posts his 95 theses. On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar 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.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer