RENAISSANCE TIMELINE By cns Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is intoduced May 19, 1492 columbus discovers the new world May 19, 1498 vasco da gama sails to India May 19, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa May 19, 1503 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration May 19, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David May 19, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince May 19, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church May 19, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion May 19, 1556 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola May 19, 1558 Elizabeth 1 begins rule in England May 19, 1564 William Shakespeare is born May 19, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke(present day North Carolina May 19, 1588 King Phillip the 2nd of spain assembles the Spanish Armada May 19, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer