The renaissance

  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    Feb 6, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    This was important because it was the first book to be made
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Jun 6, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
  • 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
  • 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.
    Oct 31, 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.

    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
    Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    Under King Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Jan 1, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543).
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Jan 1, 1551

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532.
  • William Shakespeare is born
    Mar 8, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    English poet who made many poems and also made plays. - The creator of Romeo and Juliet
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galilei discovered that the density of liquids (how much they contract and expand) reacts predictably to changes in temperature.