Renaissance By Deviyon Jan 1, 1449 Lorenzo de' Medici Oct 22, 1454 Gutenberg prints the first bible Feb 19, 1473 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres This was a very long book Mar 6, 1474 Michelangelo sculpts the David Nov 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Apr 6, 1483 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration It was a great painting! Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Feb 6, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Feb 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 10, 1517 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Aug 31, 1531 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Apr 21, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Apr 21, 1574 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Mar 25, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina May 28, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Sep 4, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
