Renaissance By carie.bettag 1547 BCE King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church 1536 BCE John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion 1535 BCE Thomas More writes Utopia 1513 BCE Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Mar 6, 1444 Gutenberg printed the first bible Jan 1, 1449 The birth of Medici Dec 7, 1473 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 1, 1478 when was Spanish Inquisition introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 6, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Dec 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Sep 8, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David 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, 1534 Raphael paints the Transfiguration Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Apr 7, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Dec 7, 1575 Galileo invents a thermometer Mar 25, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Jul 29, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada
