Renaissance By dylan.negron Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de Medici Jan 1, 1454 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Sep 27, 1480 Spanish Inquistion is introduced Jan 1, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jan 1, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 1, 1506 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 1, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Oct 31, 1517 King Hendry VII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 1, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 1, 1530 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 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, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 1, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jul 14, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke 07/14/1584 Jan 1, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer