Renaissance Timeline Project By A.Crowe123 Apr 9, 1449 Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 5, 1456 Gutenberg Bible Jan 6, 1478 Spanish Inquisition Jan 6, 1492 discovering the new world Jan 6, 1497 sailing to India Jan 6, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 6, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 7, 1515 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 6, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses Jan 7, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 7, 1527 Spanish Armada Jan 7, 1529 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 7, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 7, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 7, 1544 On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 7, 1554 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 7, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 7, 1559 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 7, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 7, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer