Renaissance Timeline By jrdgalt Period: May 5, 1430 to May 5, 1600 Renaissance Jan 1, 1449 Lorenzo de' Medici is born Sep 30, 1456 Gutenburg prints the first Bible May 5, 1492 Columbus discovers new world May 5, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India May 5, 1501 Michaelangelo sculpts the David May 5, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa May 5, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes "The Prince" May 5, 1516 Thomas More writes "Utopia" May 5, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church May 5, 1520 Raphael paints the Transfiguration May 5, 1524 Spanish Inquisition introduced May 5, 1534 King Henry VII begins Protestant Anglican Church Aug 15, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola May 5, 1536 John Calvin publishes "Institutes of the Christian Religion" May 24, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes "On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres" Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespeare is born May 5, 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to estalish Roanoke May 5, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada May 5, 1593 Galileo invents thermometer