Renaissance Timeline Project By ManyaAdams23 Jan 1, 1449 Lorenzo Medici is born! Jan 6, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Nov 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Oct 2, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 6, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Sep 6, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jun 13, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Apr 12, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Apr 15, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Dec 11, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church May 14, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Sep 27, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola May 24, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Sep 8, 1547 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Aug 8, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina May 6, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 6, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
