Renaissance By carl.calhoun Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de Medici Sep 30, 1452 Gutenberg Prints the First Bible Sep 27, 1480 Spanish Inquististion id introduced Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discover the new world May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Aug 5, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Sep 8, 1504 Michelangelo scultps the David May 8, 1514 Rapheal paints the Trasfiguration Sep 6, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther post 95 theses on the door of castle Church Jul 9, 1524 King Henry VIII begins Protest Anglican Church Aug 7, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince May 6, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes Of The Christain Religion Jul 6, 1539 Founding Of the Society of Jesus by Ignatus of Loyola May 24, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestail Sheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I Begins Rule in England Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespeare is Born Jul 14, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Aug 8, 1588 King Phillip II of spain assembles the Spanish Armada May 6, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer