Renaissance Timeline By zach curtis Jan 1, 1449 Lorenzo Medici is born Jan 1, 1450 Johann Gutenberg prints the first bible. Feb 6, 1478 The Spanish Inquisition is introduced. Aug 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the new world. May 6, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India. Jan 7, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa. Apr 9, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David. Sep 27, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 5, 1514 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 10, 1516 Thomas Moore writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses on the church doors. Apr 6, 1520 Raphael paints the Transfiguration. May 9, 1534 King Henry VIII begins protestant Anglican Church May 19, 1534 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion. Aug 14, 1534 Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Nov 7, 1558 Queen Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born. May 7, 1584 Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jul 16, 1588 King Phillip II assembles the Spanish Armada. Aug 10, 1603 Galileo invents the thermometer.
