Renaissance Timeline Project By cierra.campbell Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 6, 1455 Gutenburg Prints the First Bible Jan 6, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is Introduced Jan 6, 1492 Columbus Discovers the New World Jan 6, 1498 Vasco da Gama Sails to India Jan 6, 1501 Michelangelo Sculpts the David Jan 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci Paints Mona Lisa Jan 6, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli Writes The Prince Jan 6, 1516 Thomas More Writes Utopia Jan 6, 1517 Rapheal Paints the Transfiguration Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther Posts 95 Theses on the Door of Castle Church Jan 6, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 6, 1536 King henry VII Begins Protestant Anglican Church Jan 6, 1536 John calvin Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 6, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus Publishes On the Revelution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 6, 1558 Elizabeth I Begins Rule In England Jan 6, 1564 William Shakespeare is Born Jan 6, 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh Tries to Establish Roanoke Jan 6, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain Assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 6, 1593 Galileo Invents a Thermometer