renaissance By lauren1smith Dec 6, 1449 Birth of Medici Oct 22, 1454 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 Apr 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 7, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Dec 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Dec 8, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Aug 8, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Dec 6, 1523 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Sep 7, 1533 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Feb 8, 1536 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Dec 8, 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 Dec 6, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Jul 15, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jul 15, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Dec 6, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
