Renaissance

By Deviyon
  • Lorenzo de' Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de' Medici

  • Gutenberg prints the first bible
    Oct 22, 1454

    Gutenberg prints the first bible

  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    This was a very long book
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Mar 6, 1474

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

  • Spanish Inquisition is introduced
    Nov 1, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

  • Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
    Apr 6, 1483

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    It was a great painting!
  • Columbus discovers the new world
    Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

  • Vasco da Gama sails to India
    May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

  • Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    Feb 6, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Feb 7, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Oct 10, 1517

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

  • 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

  • John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    Aug 31, 1531

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    Apr 21, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

  • Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    Sep 27, 1540

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

  • William Shakespeare is born
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

  • Elizabeth I begins rule in England
    Apr 21, 1574

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina

  • King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

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