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1440
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
John Gutenberg created the printing press and created the first complete printed version of the Bible. -
1449
Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
This is the date of birth of Lorenzo de' Medici. -
1492
Columbus discovers the new world
This is when Cristopher Columbus found America on his journey to find a western ocean route to China. -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci creates a canvas of a very realistic woman, contributing to the classical arts by showing another aspect of art. -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Artist Michelangelo sculpted David from the Bible when he had defeated the giant Goliath, Michelangelo had went for a more heroic types of sculpting, he sculpted David to be a large and a very powerful man. Michelangelo had contributed to the times of classical arts at the time. -
1513
NIccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
Machiavelli writes a story about a prince and how he can gain power. -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Luther wrote that indulgences are never mentioned in the Bible in his 95 Theses. -
1534
Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
The Society of Jesus was a Jesuit movement, Ignatius was a Spanish soldier who became a priest. -
1536
John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
Institutes of the Christian Religion was written on protestant faith. -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Copernicus argues and disagrees with what Aristotle had believed and he made this and published it just before his death, and if it weren't for him most people would not have thought to argue or think that what Aristotle had believed was wrong. -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
This was the birth date of the world renown William Shakespeare who had written a lot of poems and plays. -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Galileo, who was against the thoughts of Aristotle had found a way to find out reasons that Aristotle was wrong and so he had made his own instruments for his analyzations.
