Renaissance By B.Tashee 1517 BCE Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Medici Mar 9, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first bible Apr 13, 1473 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 12, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India May 30, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Dec 20, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jun 17, 1516 homas More writes Utopia Dec 6, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Feb 1, 1529 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Sep 7, 1533 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Sep 19, 1536 john Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Apr 17, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jul 17, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Oct 12, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada May 14, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer Jul 10, 2016 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
