renaissance time line events By croninn12 Jan 1, 1449 Birth of lorenzo de medici Jan 1, 1449 birth of lorenzo de medici Jan 1, 1455 gutenberg prints the first bible Dec 7, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first bible Jan 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 1, 1492 columbus discovered the new world Jan 1, 1497 vasco da gama sailed to india Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts David Jan 1, 1507 leonardo da vinci paints the mona lisa Jan 1, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes the prince Jan 1, 1516 thomas more writes utopia Jan 1, 1517 martin luther posted 95 theses on the door of castle church Jan 1, 1520 raphael paints the transfiguration Jan 1, 1536 king henry VIII begins protestant Anglican church Jan 1, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the christian church Jan 1, 1540 Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 1, 1543 nicolaus copernicus publishes on the revolution of the celestial spheres Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 1, 1564 shakespeare is born Jan 1, 1584 sir walter raleigh tried to establish roanoke Jan 1, 1588 king philip II of spain assembled the spanish armada Jan 1, 1593 Galileo invents the thermometer