Renaissance (1300-1600) By warrick.robinson Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medeci Jan 1, 1456 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 8, 1497 Vasco de gamo sails to India Jan 1, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisi Jan 8, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts David Jan 6, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 6, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 1, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 6, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 6, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 6, 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 6, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 1, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 6, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 6, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 6, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
