Renaissance Timeline By ShaynaMurray32 Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 12, 1456 Gutenberg prints the first Bible May 5, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Apr 24, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 13, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jun 1, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 14, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 14, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 14, 1523 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration May 21, 1527 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 14, 1536 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 14, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 14, 1539 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 14, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 14, 1559 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 23, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jul 13, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 14, 1724 Galileo invents a thermometer Oct 12, 1942 Columbus discovers the new world
