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Sep 1, 1440
Gutenberg invents printing press
The Gutenberg printing press developed from a technology of a screw type wine presses of the Rhine valley it was there about 1440 that Johannes Gutenberg created his printing press, a hand press in which ink was rolled over the raised surface of movable handset block letter held within a wooden form and the form was than pressed against a sheet of paper. -
Sep 1, 1466
Michelangelo starts The Davids
Michelangelo David proved to be a defining moment in his artistic career. Commission with the statue of Davids dating as far back as 1466 when the artist Agostino di Duccio began working on marble block. Agostino did not make much progress, only manage to mark out the shape of the legs, feet and drapery, his work, his work on the project ceased for reasons statue but his contract was terminated with no real progression being made. -
Sep 1, 1482
Da Vinci paints The Last Super
Da Vinci undertook this massive project because his employer requested he do so. Leonardo da Vinci worked for Duke of Milan, for nearly 18 years (1482-99). The duke decided he wanted to particular religious scene of Jesus and Apostles at the Last Supper painted, and Leonardo, decided to painting it made perfect financial sense. -
Sep 1, 1496
Lorenzo de' Medici becomes the head of Florence
He was a statesman, ruler, and patron of arts an letters, the most brilliant of the Medici is he ruled the Florence with hs younger brother, Giuliano (1453-78) from 1496 to 1478 and after the latter's assassination, was sole ruler from 1478 to 1492. -
Sep 1, 1502
Columbus discovers America
Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. He accidentally stumbled upon America. Through he did not really discover the new land millions of people already lives there but his journey marked the beginning of centuries of trans Atlantic conquest and colonization. -
Sep 1, 1508
Michelangelo starts the Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The celling was a Sistine Chapel, the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. -
Sep 1, 1509
Henry VII becomes King of England
Henry was seventeen years old, he decided t marry his brother's former wife, Catherine of Aragon the Princess of Spain. They were quickly married and then were crowned king ad queen or England -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posted 95 theses
Martin wrote a Disputation on the power and Efficacy of indulgence and it also known as the 95 theses a list of question and proposition of debate. Popular legend has it that October 31,1517 Luther nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church -
Shackespeare built the globe theater
Shakespeare built the globe theater in 1599 by Shakespeare playing company, the Lord Chamberlian's men, on land own by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son.
