Renaissance Timeline Project By Waldo71407 Jan 3, 1449 Birth od Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 3, 1452 Gutenberg prints first Bible Jan 3, 1460 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 3, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 3, 1492 Columbus discovers a new world Jan 3, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 3, 1505 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 3, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 3, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 3, 1519 Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa Jan 3, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 3, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 3, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Chrstain Religion Jan 3, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 3, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 3, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 3, 1564 William Shakesspeare is born Jan 3, 1598 King Philip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 3, 1603 Galileo invents thermometer Jan 3, 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina)