The Renaissance

By zaymarshall_
  • 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
  • 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg produced the first book ever printed. He was an inventor of movable-type printing.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    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.