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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
Patron of the arts -
Oct 22, 1454
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
It was the first bible printed and published -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas More writes Utopia
Utopia is a work of satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. More was a Catholic Humanist -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Subject of this painting in the book. Oh, and another thing is that one of the reasons this painting is so famous is because of her smile. -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
When they posted the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
As a result of this schism, many non-Anglicans consider that the Church of England only existed from the 16th century Protestant Reformation -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist -
Galileo invents a thermometer
A device that allowed temperature variations to be measured
