Renaissance By Shawntrell Cockerham Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Mar 6, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Dec 6, 1473 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 6, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Dec 6, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Dec 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Dec 6, 1504 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Dec 6, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Dec 6, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Dec 6, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Sep 7, 1533 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Dec 6, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jul 31, 1556 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Apr 6, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jul 6, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina May 6, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Dec 6, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
