Renaissance Timeline By Hannah Carpenter Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Mar 7, 1450 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 9, 1469 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 8, 1473 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On The Revolution Jan 6, 1478 Spanish inquisition was introduced Jan 6, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jan 6, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 6, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts The David Jan 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 9, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 7, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 9, 1534 King Henry V111 begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 9, 1541 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 9, 1563 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christain Religion Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 9, 1574 Elizabeth i begins rule in England Jan 9, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 9, 1588 King Phillip 11 of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 9, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
