K Turnley's Timeline By keedabon15 Jan 1, 1449 Lorenzo de’ Medici is born. Jan 2, 1456 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 3, 1480 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jan 3, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 3, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 3, 1506 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 3, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 7, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes the Prince Jan 15, 1532 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 7, 1533 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican Church Aug 15, 1534 Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignaitus of Loyola Jan 4, 1539 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born. Jan 4, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 4, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 3, 1594 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 3, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer