cramer.torriejeter.renaissance By tcjeter Mar 7, 1440 johannes gutenberg invents the printing press http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/printpress.htm Jun 3, 1475 the birth of michelangelo http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesmm/a/michelangelo.htm May 2, 1519 the birth of leonardo da vinchi http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesdd/a/leonardo.htm Mar 7, 1521 martin luther is excommunicated from the church http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100320071337AAMEgkO Mar 7, 1571 martin luther posts his 95 theses http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-posts-95-theses Mar 7, 1888 thomas more publishes utopia http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1888/more/index.htm Sep 20, 2005 machiavelli writes the prince