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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
patron of the arts -
Nov 5, 1455
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
the first book ever printed a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany. -
Jul 8, 1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Michelangelo bunoarroti made David , he was located at the academia gallery in Florence Italy he was 5.16 meters almost 17 feet -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Probably the world’s most-famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
Acting on this belief, he wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences list of questions and propositions for debate. -
Apr 12, 1534
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
Declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England. -
Aug 7, 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. -
Jan 31, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom -
Galileo invents a thermometer
named after Italian physicist.
