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1445
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
The inventor of the printing press -
Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de Medici
Patron of the arts -
1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Most famous and best and best paid artist -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Oil painting on a popular wood panel by the Italian painter. -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
An English lawyer , social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
A list of questions and proposition for debate. -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Supreme head of the Church of England -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
Argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Galileo invented air thermometer -
William Shakespeare is born
English poet