History Timeline By haley_cottone Jan 1, 1449 The birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 3, 1454 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 3, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is Introduced Jan 3, 1492 Columbus discovered the new world Jan 3, 1497 Vasco da Gama sailed to India Jan 3, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 3, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 6, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 6, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 3, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 6, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 6, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 6, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 6, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 6, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 6, 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 6, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 6, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
