The Renaissance

By jennifer.sanchez-gom
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Patron of the arts
  • 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    Inventor of the movable-type printing press
  • 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    The portrait is painted to a realistic scale in the highly structured space where it has the fullness of volume of a sculpture in the round.
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
    Lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Would begin the Protestant Reformation
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    Second Tudor monarch
  • 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    The movement of Mercury and Venus had long perplexed philosophers and astronomers.
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
    Poet, playwright, and actor

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer
    Italian polymath