Renaissance

Renaissance Timeline Project

  • Lorenzo de' Medici
    Apr 9, 1449

    Lorenzo de' Medici

  • Gutenberg Bible
    Jan 5, 1456

    Gutenberg Bible

  • Spanish Inquisition
    Jan 6, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition

  • discovering the new world
    Jan 6, 1492

    discovering the new world

  • sailing to India
    Jan 6, 1497

    sailing to India

  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Jan 6, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Jan 6, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Jan 7, 1515

    Thomas More writes Utopia

  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
    Jan 6, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses

  • Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
    Jan 7, 1520

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

  • Spanish Armada
    Jan 7, 1527

    Spanish Armada

  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    Jan 7, 1529

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

  • Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    Jan 7, 1532

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

  • Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    Jan 7, 1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

  • On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Jan 7, 1544

    On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke
    Jan 7, 1554

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke

  • Elizabeth I begins rule in England
    Jan 7, 1558

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

  • John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    Jan 7, 1559

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

  • William Shakespeare is born
    Jan 7, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer