The Renaissance

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  • 1516 BCE

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Was a politician, a devoted Catholic, a writer and held many other positions.Saint Thomas More is famous for his book Utopia that paved way for the Utopian literature.
  • 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed
  • 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
  • 1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    This astonishing Renaissance sculpture was created, represented as a standing male nude.
  • 1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Astonishing Renaissance sculpture was created, marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David, represented as a standing male nude.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Probably the world’s most-famous painting, Mona Lisa painting crated
  • 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Probably the most-famous painting,
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    The secession of the Church of England in 1534 opens the gates to the Protestant influence.
  • 1543

    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.
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Invented a rudimentary water thermoscope, which for the first time, allowed temperature variations to be measured.