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Renaissance

  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    A Latin language bible.
  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Supporter of the arts.
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    oil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s most-famous painting.
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David, represented as a standing male nude.
  • 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.
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England.
  • 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.
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1551

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    a work of fiction and socio-political satire
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

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

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    Temperature sensor