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The renaissances

  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    patron of the arts
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    Nov 5, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    the first book ever printed a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany.
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Jul 8, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo bunoarroti made David , he was located at the academia gallery in Florence Italy he was 5.16 meters almost 17 feet
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Jan 1, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Probably the world’s most-famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence
  • 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

    Acting on this belief, he wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences list of questions and propositions for debate.
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    Apr 12, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    Declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England.
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Aug 7, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Published just before his death, placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets.
  • William Shakespeare is born
    Jan 31, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer

    named after Italian physicist.