Renaissance Timeline By brysonwilliams23 Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 25, 1450 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 7, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 8, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 9, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Mar 12, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 9, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Feb 11, 1517 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Oct 16, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Apr 10, 1547 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 9, 1572 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Nov 5, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Jan 25, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 9, 1600 Galileo invents a thermometer Jan 13, 1810 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 13, 1960 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
