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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
Patron of the arts -
Jun 25, 1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
First printed book -
Apr 14, 1473
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More writes Utopia
English lawyer -
Aug 6, 1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Huge marble statue -
Feb 28, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Painting -
Mar 16, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
95 revolutionary opinions -
Jul 6, 1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
King Henry VIII declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England -
Dec 17, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
English poet -
Galileo invents a thermometer
To tell degrees
