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renaissance timeline

  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    patron of the Renaissance.
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    inventor of the movable-type printing press.
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Sir Thomas More, venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    marble statue of a standing male nude.
  • 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

    95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1535

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII 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

    On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare was 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

    Although named after Italian physicist Galileo Galilei, the thermometer described in this article was not invented by him.