Renaissance

By keily.burton
  • Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    The patron of the arts.
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    The inventing of the printing press
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    The most popular painting of the Renaissance
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    The most popular sculpture
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    The book of a perfect world
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    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

    King Henry VII protested the church
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Early drawing of the atmosphere, creating a debate about religion and the sun.
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    One of the most famous play writers of the Renaissance

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo inviting the first thermometer