Renaissance Timeline By MICHAELA.MAYES Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 1, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Nov 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Oct 1, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 28, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 30, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 28, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 28, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 28, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 28, 1517 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 28, 1523 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 28, 1536 . John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Oct 23, 1541 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 28, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres May 1, 1558 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 28, 1560 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 28, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Jan 28, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
