Renaissance By leriandar Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg Prints First Bible Jan 3, 1460 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition Jan 3, 1492 Columbus discovers new world Jan 3, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts david Jan 3, 1507 Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa Jan 3, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes "The Prince" Jan 3, 1515 Thomas More writes "Utopia" Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on Castle Church door Jan 3, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 3, 1534 King Henry begins the protestant Angelican Church Jan 3, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 3, 1536 John Calvin publishes "Institutes of the Christian Religion" Jan 3, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes "On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 3, 1558 Elizabeth begins rule in England Jan 1, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 3, 1587 Sir Walter tries to establish Roanoke Jan 3, 1588 King Philip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 3, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
