Renaissance Timeline By zukii Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Sep 30, 1452 Gutenberg prints the first bible Sep 27, 1480 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India May 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Sep 8, 1504 Michelanglo sculpts the David May 11, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince May 11, 1515 Thomas More writes Utopia May 6, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church May 11, 1529 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Mar 11, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion May 11, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola May 24, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 11, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jun 4, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke(present day North Carolina) Aug 6, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada May 6, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
