Renaissance

Transmission of Greek Text during 4th Crusade

1202

It opens the door to learning

Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

Jan 1, 1449

The most powerful and enthusiastic parton of Renaissance culture in Italy

Gutenberg prints the first Bible

1454

Was the first major book printed, and started the "Gutenberg Revolution"

Michelangelo sculpts the David

1501

The most famous statue in Florence.

Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

1503

Also known as the "Gioconda", painted from 1503 to 1506 by Da Vinci in Florence, Italy.

Thomas More writes Utopia

1516

This work was written in Latin and published in Louvain and it criticized Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy.

Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

1517

Began the Protestant Reformation

Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

1543

Written right before his death, it placed the sun in the center of the universe and made Earth seem to move accross the heavens.

William Shakespeare is born

Apr 23, 1564

This dramatist and poet was born in Stratford-on-Avon.

King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

1600

The Church of England broke with Rome because Pope Clement VII wouldn't let King Henry VIII divorce his wife. After his death, Archbishop, Thomas Cranmer began changes that allied the Church of england with the Reformation.

Galileo invents a thermometer

1603

Galileo discovered the density of liquids and reacted predictably to their changes in temperature.