Renaissance By mariahesters Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de Medici Jan 1, 1450 Gutenberg prints first bible Jan 1, 1480 Spanish Inquisition is Introduced Jan 8, 1492 Columbus Discovers the New World Jan 8, 1498 Vasco de Gama sails to India Jan 8, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 8, 1505 Niccolo Michiavelli writes The Prince Jan 8, 1516 Raphael Paints the Transfiguration Jan 8, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther post 95 theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 8, 1519 Leonardo da Vinci Paints the Mona Lisa Jan 8, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican Church Jan 8, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 8, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 8, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus Publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 8, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 8, 1564 William Shakespeare is Born Jan 8, 1584 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 8, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 8, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
