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1202
Transmisson of Greek Text during 4th Crusade
It opens the door to learning -
Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book in the West. -
1473
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
It was published just before his death, placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets. -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The main reasons why the painting is such a masterpiece boils down to the techniques that were used in order to paint it. Leonardo da Vinci made heavy use of an almost forgotten painting technique which is called sfumato (it's Italian for smoke, by the way). -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
Utopia is a work of satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. More was a Catholic Humanist. Alongside his close friend, the philosopher and writer Erasmus, More saw Humanism as a way to combine faith and reason. -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment—called “indulgences”—for the forgiveness of sins. -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Under King Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. ... Upon Henry's death, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer began changes that allied the Church of England with the Reformation. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
He was a came from family of some status: has good education, but not advanced. He was an English poet -
Galileo invents a thermometer
A Galileo thermometer (or Galilean thermometer) is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying density. As the temperature changes, the individual floats rise or fall in proportion to their respective density and the density of the surrounding liquid.
