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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
Florence, Italy. Lorenzo was a wealthy, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets. -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
produced first book ever printed in Latin in Mainz, Germany. -
Jul 3, 1492
Columbus discovers the new world
Set sail on 3 ships and landed on the Bahamian Castle islands -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Sculpted a 5.17 meter marble statue of biblical hero David -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Florence, Italy
A half-length portrait painting that has been described as "the best known work of art in the world" -
1513
Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
published after death in 1532, ways a prince can achieve power. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Acting on belief, Martin Luther posted a list of questions for debate Wittenberg Church -
1536
John Calvin publishes the Institutes of the Christian Religion
Seminal work of protestant theology -
1541
Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
Scholarly religious congregation of the catholic church
Montmarte, Paris, France -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Seminal work on the heliocentric theory, published after his death so he didn't get criticized as harshly. -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
Stratford-upon-Avon UK
poet, playwright, and actor, Widely regarded as the best writer in the English language -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Discovered that the density of liquids react to different temperatures