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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de' Medicic
Lorenzo was a statesmen in Italy he was a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets. -
1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
In Germany in 1445 they made a movable printing press where they made the first Latin bible. -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
The David was a Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. -
1504
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The artist painted this woman people still do't know why it's called Mona Lisa because the lady in the painting had a different name. -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
Utopia was written in Latin and was a supposed to indirectly criticizes Europe. -
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Martin Luther who was a pastor did not believe in the way Romans praised God and he wrote all his disagrees and posted them on all the doors he could. -
1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
King Henry the 8th tried to declare himself Supreme head of the church. This of course made the Papacy mad, many non-Anglicans declared the church ended in the 16th century. -
1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
This book was published before he died. 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
William was an English poet, actor, and play writer. he well known even still today. -
Galileo invents a thermometer
Galileo did make a thermometer but since it was the first one ever made it was actually a thermoscope.
