Renaissance Timeline Project

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  • Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

  • Gutenberg prints first Bible
    Feb 19, 1455

    Gutenberg prints first Bible

  • Spanish Inquisition is introduced
    Oct 17, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

  • Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    Jan 9, 1491

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

  • Colombus discovers the New World
    Oct 12, 1492

    Colombus discovers the New World

  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Jan 8, 1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    year completed
  • Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    Jan 9, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

  • Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
    Jan 1, 1516

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    just year
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Jan 8, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

  • Vasco da Gama sails to India
    Feb 12, 1524

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican Church
    Jan 8, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican Church

  • John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    Jan 9, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Jan 8, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

  • Galileo invents a thermometer
    Jan 8, 1563

    Galileo invents a thermometer

  • William Shakespeare is born
    Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present-day North Carolina)

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present-day North Carolina)

  • Elizabeth I begins rule in England

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

  • King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

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