Renaissance By Tskaggs Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 1, 1450 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 1, 1492 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 1, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 8, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 1, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 1, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 1, 1515 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 1, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 1, 1529 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 1, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 1, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 1, 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 1, 1588 ing Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer