The Renaissance

By MaKaylaMarshall12
  • 1517 BCE

    Martin Luther Posts 95 Thesis

    On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar 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.
  • 1501 BCE

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth Of Lorenzo De Medicil

    Birth Of Lorenzo De Medicil
    Lorenzo de' Medici Was born January 1 , 1449.
  • Oct 22, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    Johann Gutenberg holds the distinction of being the inventor of the movable-type printing press. In 1455, Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed.
  • 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial 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, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world's most-famous painting
  • 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world's most-famous painting
  • 1534

    King Henry Begins protestants

    Under King Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. ... Upon Henry's death, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer began changes that allied the Church of England with the Reformation
  • Apr 23, 1564

    Willam Shakesphere

    Willam Shakesphere
    According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564.

  • Galileo Invents A thermometer

    Galileo Invents A thermometer
    Although named after the 16th–17th-century physicist Galileo, the thermometer described in this article was not invented by him. Galileo did invent a thermometer, called Galileo's air thermometer (more accurately termed a thermoscope), in or before 1603.