Renaissance Timeline Project By Kegan Byers Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 6, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Nov 9, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 8, 1491 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Apr 9, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 6, 1506 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 6, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 6, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 8, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 8, 1539 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 6, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 6, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina) Jan 6, 1586 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 6, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 6, 1593 Galileo invents a thermometer
