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Jan 1, 1440
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg finishes his printer, books are now available for everyone. -
Jan 1, 1455
Gutenberg Bible
Gutenberg bible was printed by Johannes Gutenberg with his printer. -
Jan 1, 1460
Donatello
Donatello finishes his painting, Judith and Holofernes. -
Jan 1, 1464
Lorenzo de Medici
Lerenzo de Medici rules most of florence, indirectly. -
Jan 1, 1498
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's painting, The Last Supper is finished. -
Jan 1, 1500
Accounting
The innovative Italians of the Renaissance are widely acknowledged to be the fathers of modern accounting.
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo
Michelangelo completes his sculpture, David. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther passes his 95 theses in Wittenberg -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus
Copernicus discovers that the planets revolve around the sun, instead of them all revolving around Earth. It is published in a book in 1543, when he died. -
Jan 1, 1557
Robert Record
The = sign first used by Robert Record. -
Jan 1, 1577
Jost Burgi
Jost Burgi invents minute hand clock for an astronomer. -
Jan 1, 1581
Galileo
Galileo discovers the pendulum clock. -
Zacharias Janssen
Zacharias Janssen invents the microscope with his father. -
Hans Lippershey
Hans Lippershey, a Dutch lensmaker, invents the telescope. -
Thomas Harriot
Thomas Harriot introduces the > and < symbols.
