MY RENAISSANCE TIMELINE By Austin.staib2018 Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 6, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible May 3, 1469 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 8, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Apr 22, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Nov 5, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Sep 20, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 12, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Apr 11, 1520 Raphael paints the Transfiguration Jan 8, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 12, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola May 9, 1543 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 Jul 13, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Aug 8, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 8, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
