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1449
Birth Of Lorenzo de' Medici
An Italian statesman, ruler of Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. -
1455
Gutenerg prints the first bible
The first book ever printed that was complete. -
1492
Columbus discovers the new world
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1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
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1503
Leonardo da vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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1508
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
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1513
Niccolo Machiavelli writes "The Prince"
The Prince was about how a ruler can gain, and maintain power. -
1517
Martin Luther Posts 95 theses on the door of Castle Church
Martin Luther wrote that indulgences are never mentioned in the bible, and he wrote the 95 theses because John Tetzel was selling indulgences to people and promised those who bought them entry into heaven. -
1534
Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
The pope granted Ignatius a religious order, Jesuits. -
1536
John Calvin publishes "Institutes of the Christian Religion"
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1564
William Shakespeare is born
Shakespeare examines human flaws while also experiencing the Renaissance's high view of human potential. -
Galileo invents a thermometer
