Renaissance Timeline Project By thebrycieD Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Feb 19, 1455 Gutenberg prints first Bible Oct 17, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 9, 1491 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Oct 12, 1492 Colombus discovers the New World Jan 8, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David year completed Jan 9, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 1, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration just year Jan 8, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Feb 12, 1524 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 8, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican Church Jan 9, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 8, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 8, 1563 Galileo invents a thermometer Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jun 4, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present-day North Carolina) Oct 15, 1586 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 8, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada
