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Renaissance

  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Patron of the arts
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Makes books cheaper and easier to access for all
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    The portrait of a noblewoman has become the most valuable and famous painting in the world
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    The statue was placed in a city and came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    About the political system of an imaginary ideal nation or a "perfect society"
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Begins the Protestant Reformation
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    Declared himself the supreme head of the church and as a result, many non-Anglicans consider that the Church of England came from the 16th century Protestant Reformation
  • Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    A book written by a Polish astronomer places the Sun at the center of the universe and argues that the Earth revolves around it.
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    English poet, playwright, and actor
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    Called Galileo's air thermometer (thermoscope)