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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
Patron of the arts -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
First Book Printed -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
It represents the Biblical hero David -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa wife of Francesco del Giocondo -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
Reminiscent of life in monasteries -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Started the Protestant Reformation -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Supreme Head of Church -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Placed the sun in the Center -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
Greatest Writer in the English language -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Air thermometer
