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Renaissance

By emon.collier
  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Patron of the arts
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    Jun 25, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    First printed book
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Apr 14, 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Feb 7, 1478

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    English lawyer
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Aug 6, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Huge marble statue
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Feb 28, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Painting
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Mar 16, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    95 revolutionary opinions
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    Jul 6, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England
  • William Shakespeare is born
    Dec 17, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    English poet
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    To tell degrees