✦ Time paradoxes · Still around
95 Theses: 1517; Leonardo da Vinci: 1452–1519 — that is 2 years later.
When Luther published his 95 Theses, Leonardo da Vinci was still alive.
Who and what
- Luther's Ninety-five Theses1517 · Wittenberg. A protest against indulgences sparks the Reformation
- Leonardo da Vinci1452–1519 · painter, scientist and inventor
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