Renaissance Timeline

  • Jan 3, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
  • Jan 3, 1450

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
  • Jan 3, 1480

    Spanish Inquisition is discovered

    Spanish Inquisition is discovered
  • Jan 3, 1492

    Colombus discovers new world

    Colombus discovers new world
  • Jan 3, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Jan 3, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • Jan 3, 1505

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • Jan 3, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Jan 3, 1516

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
  • Jan 3, 1517

    95 Theses on the door of Catholic Church

    95 Theses on the door of Catholic Church
  • Jan 3, 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
  • Jan 3, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Jan 3, 1536

    Institutes of the Christian Religion

    Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Jan 3, 1540

    Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • Jan 3, 1543

    On the Revolution of the Celeste Spheres

    On the Revolution of the Celeste Spheres
  • Jan 3, 1558

    Elizabeth begins ruling England

    Elizabeth begins ruling England
  • Jan 3, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
  • King Phillip II assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II assembles the Spanish Armada
  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer