Reinaissance Timeline By jazzy12 Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1600 Renaissance Renaissance Sep 30, 1452 Gutenberg prints 1st bible Feb 15, 1472 Birth of Lorenzo de Medici Sep 27, 1480 Spanish Inquisition starts Jan 1, 1491 Founding of society of jesus by ignatius of loyola Oct 13, 1492 Columbus Discovers new world May 20, 1495 Vasco de gama sails to india Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo scuplts the david Jan 2, 1504 leonardo da vinci paints mona lisa Jan 1, 1516 thomas more writes Utopia May 1, 1517 king henry begins protestant Anglican church Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther post 95 theses on door of castle church Jan 1, 1520 rapheal paints the transfiguration Jan 1, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes the prince Jan 1, 1536 John Calvin Publishes Institutes of Christian Religion Jan 1, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes ON THE REVOLUTION OF THE CELESTIAL OF SPHERES Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth 1 begins rule in England Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespear is born Jun 4, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Mar 9, 1588 King Phillip 2nd spanish armada Jan 1, 1593 Gaileo Thermometer