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Sep 24, 1390
Jan van Eyck
*Dutch
*painter
*most famous painting was Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride
*completed fifteen paintings in sixty-one years -
Sep 24, 1398
Johannes Gutenberg
*Germany
*inventor
*invented the printing press
*first European to use movable type printing -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
*Italy
*interested in many things. mostly painting
*Painted the Mona Lisa
*Painted the Last Super -
May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
*Italy
*humanist, historian, diplomat
*wrote the book The Prince
*civil servant of the Florentine Republic -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
*German
*artist
*created the Knight
*created the Death -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Buonarroti
*Italy
*interested in many things. sculptor and painter
*Sculpted the statue of David.
*Painted the Sistine Chapel -
Feb 7, 1478
Sir Thomas More
*England
*social philosopher, humanist
*coined the word utopia
*wrote a book called utopia -
Dec 6, 1478
Baldassare Castiglione
*Italy
*philosopher
*wrote The Book Of The Courtier
*wrote a drama called Tirsi -
Mar 28, 1483
Raphael
*Italy
*painter
*painted The School Of Athens
*painted the Galatea -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
*England
*playwright, poet
*wrote Romeo and Juliet
*died on his birthday
