ethan6 By ethan6 Jan 2, 1300 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 7, 1450 Gutenberg prints the first bible Jan 13, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 8, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 7, 1503 Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 7, 1504 Michaelangelo sculpts the David Jan 4, 1513 Spanish inquisition is introduced Jan 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 7, 1517 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of the castle church Jan 7, 1520 Raphael paints the transfiguration Jan 7, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 7, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institues of the Christian Religion published in latin Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 7, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes on the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 7, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 7, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Aug 7, 1588 King Philip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 7, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer