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1202
Transmission of Greek Text during 4th Crusade
It opened the door to learning -
Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
Allowed the ability to mass produce the Bible, in contrast to the time consuming hand copying of old -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Because of the nature of the hero it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties embodied in the Republic of Florence, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family. The eyes of David, with a warning glare, were turned towards Rome -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535) published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries. -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Began the Protestant Reformation in Europe -
1534
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. As a result of this schism, many non-Anglicans consider that the Church of England only existed from the 16th century Protestant Reformation. -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Offered an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's geocentric system, which had been widely accepted since ancient times. -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
Shakespeare was one of the most influential and well known playwrights of the time -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Device named Galileo's Thermometer was created in the early 17th century by his students. But the thermometer truly created by Galileo in 1593 was able display a temperature difference between 2 things, with no way to show the actual temperature.
