the renaissance

By iyahna
  • 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    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
  • 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    sun at the center of the universe
  • 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

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

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    man hands
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
    first person to write of a 'utopia
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    supreme head of the Church of England
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
    an English poet

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer
    first liquid thermometer