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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
Patron of the arts -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
The first mass-produced book using the printing press created by Gutenberg. This started the evolution of printing -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Painted my Da Vinci, this is believed to be a painting of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
The statue represents the biblical hero David, which was a favored art subject -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
This was satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
They protest the indulgences and were a list of questions and propositions for debate stapled to the Wittenberg Castle Church. Started the revalations -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
He made this church for protestant reformation. Most of these churches rebel against the Catholic church to separate themselves from it. -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
He stated that the earth moves across in space in an orbit around the sun just like other planets.He knew this would be controversial and waited to publish it. He also gave a bunch of mathematical proofs. This contradicted the churches statements -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
He was one of the greatest, or most famous play writes of the time. No one knows the exact day he was born, but he was known as England's national poet -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Although he did not truly create a thermometer, he did improve it and made more of a thermoscope.
