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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. -
Feb 6, 1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
This was important because it was the first book to be made -
Jun 6, 1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci -
Oct 31, 1517
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.
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 -
Jan 1, 1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Under King Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon -
Jan 1, 1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). -
Jan 1, 1551
Thomas More writes Utopia
Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. -
Mar 8, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
English poet who made many poems and also made plays. - The creator of Romeo and Juliet -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Galilei discovered that the density of liquids (how much they contract and expand) reacts predictably to changes in temperature.
