Renaissance By ariel.ramirez Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Sep 1, 1450 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Sep 1, 1480 Spanish Inguistion is introduced Jan 1, 1498 Columbus discovers the new world Aug 1, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 1, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 1, 1503 Lenardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 1, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 1, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jun 1, 1520 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 1, 1527 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Aug 1, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 1, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 1, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 1, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 1, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 1, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina May 1, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer