Renaissance By daniel123 Jan 1, 1449 Borth of Lorenzo de' Medici Sep 30, 1450 The first bible May 2, 1480 Spanish Inquisition is intorduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Aug 29, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Oct 9, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Mar 17, 1507 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa May 5, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince May 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Dec 22, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jun 15, 1520 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church May 24, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 18, 1547 King Henry VIII begins protestant Anglican church Mar 28, 1556 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jul 22, 1559 John Calvin published Institutes of the christian religion Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Apr 29, 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 1, 1588 King Phillip II of assembles the Spanish Armada Dec 24, 1588 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jul 12, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer