Renaissance Timeline By SadieAwesomeSauce Period: Jan 5, 1400 to Jan 5, 1700 Renaissance Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 5, 1455 Gutenberg printed first Bible Jan 5, 1478 Spanish Inquisition was introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus Discovers the New World Jan 7, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 7, 1502 Michelangelo Completed David Jan 7, 1506 Leonardo da Vinci finished the Mona Lisa Jan 7, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 7, 1520 Raphael Finshes the Transfiguration Jan 7, 1531 King Henry VII started the Protestant Angelican Church Aug 15, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 7, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 7, 1543 Corpernicus publishes On the Revolution of Celestial Spheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare's Birth Jan 7, 1588 Sir Walter Raliegh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 7, 1588 King Phillip assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 7, 1603 Galileo invented a Thermometer
