The Renaissance

By yayren_01
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    The inventor of the printing press
  • Birth of Lorenzo de Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de Medici

    Patron of the arts
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Most famous and best and best paid artist
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Oil painting on a popular wood panel by the Italian painter.
  • 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    An English lawyer , social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    A list of questions and proposition for debate.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    Supreme head of the Church of England
  • 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invented air thermometer

  • William Shakespeare is born

    English poet