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Renaissance

  • Transmission of Greek Text during 4th Crusade
    1202 BCE

    Transmission of Greek Text during 4th Crusade

    t opens the door to learning
  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Johann Gutenberg holds the distinction of being the inventor of the movable-type printing press. In 1455, Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany.
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    The world's most-famous painting.
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1505

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    One of the greatest masterpieces ever created by mankind.
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Sir Saint Thomas More is famous for his book Utopia that paved way for the Utopian literature.
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    The Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets.
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo did invent a thermometer, called Galileo's air thermometer (more accurately termed a thermoscope),