Renaissance Timeline Project

  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
  • Jan 6, 1455

    Gutenburg Prints the First Bible

    Gutenburg Prints the First Bible
  • Jan 6, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is Introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is Introduced
  • Jan 6, 1492

    Columbus Discovers the New World

    Columbus Discovers the New World
  • Jan 6, 1498

    Vasco da Gama Sails to India

    Vasco da Gama Sails to India
  • Jan 6, 1501

    Michelangelo Sculpts the David

    Michelangelo Sculpts the David
  • Jan 6, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci Paints Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci Paints Mona Lisa
  • Jan 6, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli Writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli Writes The Prince
  • Jan 6, 1516

    Thomas More Writes Utopia

    Thomas More Writes Utopia
  • Jan 6, 1517

    Rapheal Paints the Transfiguration

    Rapheal Paints the Transfiguration
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther Posts 95 Theses on the Door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther Posts 95 Theses on the Door of Castle Church
  • Jan 6, 1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • Jan 6, 1536

    King henry VII Begins Protestant Anglican Church

    King henry VII Begins Protestant Anglican Church
  • Jan 6, 1536

    John calvin Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John calvin Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Jan 6, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus Publishes On the Revelution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolaus Copernicus Publishes On the Revelution of the Celestial Spheres
  • Jan 6, 1558

    Elizabeth I Begins Rule In England

    Elizabeth I Begins Rule In England
  • Jan 6, 1564

    William Shakespeare is Born

    William Shakespeare is Born
  • Sir Walter Raleigh Tries to Establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raleigh Tries to Establish  Roanoke
  • King Phillip II of Spain Assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II of Spain Assembles the Spanish Armada
  • Galileo Invents a Thermometer

    Galileo Invents a Thermometer