The Renaissance

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  • Feb 1, 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    The Gutenberg Bible was the first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe.
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Patron of the arts
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    The story of David and Goliath is a biblical one, found in Book 1 Samuel.
  • Jan 1, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    he Mona Lisa is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known insurance valuation in history at $100 million in 1962, which is worth nearly $800 million in 2017.
  • Jan 1, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
    He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary, ideal island nation.
  • 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
    His writings changed the course of religious and cultural history in the West.
  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    . However, in 1534 King Henry VIII declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England. This resulted in a schism with the Papacy.
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres), written by Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) and published just before his death, placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets.
  • Jan 1, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
    William Shakespeare was an 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

    Galileo invents a thermometer
    A Galileo thermometer (or Galilean thermometer) is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying mass. As the temperature changes, the individual floats rise or fall in proportion to their respective weights and the density of the surrounding liquid.