The Renaissance

By Alun
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo De' Medici

    Patron of the arts
  • 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany.
  • 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets.
  • 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. (1501-1504)
  • 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
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    a work of fiction and socio-political satire
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    A list of questions and propositions for debate.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    A result of this schism, many non-Anglicans consider that the Church of England only existed from the 16th century Protestant Reformation.
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo did invent a thermometer, called Galileo's air thermometer (more accurately termed a thermoscope)