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1445
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed -
Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
patrion of the art -
1502
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Worked constantly for over two years to create one of his most breathtaking masterpieces of gleaming white marble. -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa painting has been in the Louvre (since 1797). -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
“The 95 Theses,” a list of questions and propositions for debate. -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England. -
1549
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres), written by Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) and published just before his death, placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets. -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
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Galileo invents a thermometer
Galileo did invent a thermometer, called Galileo's air thermometer