Renaissance By Corey Walters Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Mar 12, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Nov 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Sep 8, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Dec 6, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Dec 6, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Dec 6, 1517 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Dec 6, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Sep 7, 1533 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Dec 6, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Dec 6, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Dec 6, 1566 Galileo invents a thermometer Dec 6, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Aug 8, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Dec 6, 1588 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Dec 6, 1952 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
