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May 2, 1434
lorenzo de medici becomes the head of florence
Lorenzo ruled with his brother Giuliano insisted that he follow he grandfathers and fathers example and
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May 2, 1439
gutenburg invents printing press
Johannes Gutenberg made a method of movable type and used it to create one of the Western world's first major printed books. -
May 2, 1475
michaelangelo starts the david
the statue David is a 5.17-metre marble statue of a standing male nude. He represents a biblical hero -
May 2, 1485
henry VII becomes king of england (house of tudor)
he was a king of England from seizing the crown he was also the first monarch of house of tudor -
Jun 28, 1491
henry VIII becomes king of england
henry was the second Tudor monarch. He disagreed with the Pope on the question of an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation -
Aug 3, 1492
columbus discovers america
with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. Columbus set sail to Palos Spain on October 12 he reached land -
May 2, 1495
DaVinci paints the last supper
in 1495 DaVinci started to paint the last supper but didn't finish until 1498 he turned what was intended to be a modest wall decoration into an artistic composition of The Last Supper. -
May 2, 1508
michaelangelo starts the sistine chapel
between 1508 and 1512 Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel the painting is a ceiling painting which was preserved for people to view -
Oct 31, 1517
martin luther posts 95 theses
the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation was put on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany -
shakespere builds the globe theater
the globe theatre was were Shakespere preformed all of his plays it was built in 1599 but was destroyed by fire in 1613 it is now called the Gielgud Theatre in honor of john gielgud
