Renaissance

By Alexander.Wynn
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    everything was hand written
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    the painting that is always staring at you
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    a book about religious and social customs
  • 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

    Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    He wanted to be in control of everything
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Says the sun is in the center of the universe
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    patron of the arts