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1202
Transmission of the Greek text durnog the 4th crusade
Opens the door to learning and discovery -
Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
the first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book in the West. -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
Thomas More is known for his 1516 book Utopia and for his untimely death in 1535, after refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. He was canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint in 1935 -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. ... Upon Henry's death, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer began changes that allied the Church of England with the Reformation -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
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. -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
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
the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" -
Galileo invents a thermometer
for the first time, allowed temperature variations to be measured -
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
"the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world"
