The Renaissance

By cj.johnson
  • 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    It started a culture for printing.
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Patron of the
  • 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    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.
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as the best known and the most visited.
  • 1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    It was an import sculpture in the time of the renaissance.
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
    He was an important humanist during the Renaissance.
  • 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
    Started the reformation.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    Declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England.
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
    He was one of the best writers ever.

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer
    Italian physicist Galileo Galilei, 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.