Birth of Medici By kavonC Dec 6, 1449 Birth of Medici Dec 6, 1455 Gutenburg prints first bible Dec 6, 1473 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Dec 6, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Dec 6, 1491 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Dec 6, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Dec 6, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Dec 6, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Dec 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Dec 6, 1504 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Dec 6, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Dec 6, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Dec 6, 1516 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Dec 6, 1517 Martin Luther posts Theses on church door Dec 6, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Dec 6, 1556 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Dec 6, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Dec 6, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Dec 6, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Dec 6, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
