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

    It was the first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    A picture of a woman
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    It was a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    It was a work of fiction and socio-political satire
  • 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

    The 95 Theses is a list of questions and propositions for debate
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England
  • Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    The seminal work on the heliocentric theory
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

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

    Galileo invents the thermometer

    A thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying mass