History Timeline

  • The birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    The birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible
    Jan 3, 1454

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

  • Spanish Inquisition is Introduced
    Jan 3, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is Introduced

  • Columbus discovered the new world
    Jan 3, 1492

    Columbus discovered the new world

  • Vasco da Gama sailed to India
    Jan 3, 1497

    Vasco da Gama sailed to India

  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Jan 3, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Jan 3, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

  • Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    Jan 6, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Jan 6, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Jan 3, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

  • Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
    Jan 6, 1520

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

  • Jan 6, 1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

  • John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    Jan 6, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Jan 6, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

  • Elizabeth I begins rule in England
    Jan 6, 1558

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

  • William Shakespeare is born
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke

  • King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer