The Renaissance

  • Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    Patron of the arts
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    The first mass-produced book using the printing press created by Gutenberg. This started the evolution of printing
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Painted my Da Vinci, this is believed to be a painting of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    The statue represents the biblical hero David, which was a favored art subject
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    This was satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy.
  • 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

    They protest the indulgences and were a list of questions and propositions for debate stapled to the Wittenberg Castle Church. Started the revalations
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    He made this church for protestant reformation. Most of these churches rebel against the Catholic church to separate themselves from it.
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    He stated that the earth moves across in space in an orbit around the sun just like other planets.He knew this would be controversial and waited to publish it. He also gave a bunch of mathematical proofs. This contradicted the churches statements
  • William Shakespeare is born
    1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    He was one of the greatest, or most famous play writes of the time. No one knows the exact day he was born, but he was known as England's national poet
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    Although he did not truly create a thermometer, he did improve it and made more of a thermoscope.