Renaissance 1300-1600 By alexis.burkhart Jan 7, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de Medici Jan 7, 1465 Gutenberg prints the first bible Jan 7, 1480 Spanish Inquistion is introduced Jan 7, 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers the New World Jan 7, 1498 Vasco Da Gama sails to India Jan 7, 1504 Michealangelo sculpts the David Jan 7, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 7, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95theses on the door of the Catle Church Jan 7, 1519 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 7, 1520 Rapheal paints the tranfiguartion Jan 7, 1536 John Calvin publishes institutes of the Christian religion Jan 7, 1536 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican Church Jan 7, 1543 Nicholas Copernicus publishes on the revolution of the celestial spheres Jan 7, 1556 Founding of the Society of Jesus by ignatius of Loyola Jan 7, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 7, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 7, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 7, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada 1588 Jan 7, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer