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Renaissance

By GravyCheeks
  • Transmission of Greeks text during 4th crusade
    1202

    Transmission of Greeks text during 4th crusade

    Opens the door to learning
  • Birth of Lorenzo de Medici
    1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de Medici

    The most powerful and enthusiastic patron of the renaissance
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    ohann 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.
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts his 95 theses. On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer