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1202
Transmission 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 parton of Renaissance culture in Italy -
1454
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
Was the first major book printed, and started the "Gutenberg Revolution" -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
The most famous statue in Florence. -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Also known as the "Gioconda", painted from 1503 to 1506 by Da Vinci in Florence, Italy. -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
This work was written in Latin and published in Louvain and it criticized Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Began the Protestant Reformation -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Written right before his death, it placed the sun in the center of the universe and made Earth seem to move accross the heavens. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
This dramatist and poet was born in Stratford-on-Avon. -
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
The Church of England broke with Rome because Pope Clement VII wouldn't let King Henry VIII divorce his wife. After his death, Archbishop, Thomas Cranmer began changes that allied the Church of england with the Reformation. -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Galileo discovered the density of liquids and reacted predictably to their changes in temperature.
