Renissaunce By renee51800 Jan 12, 1404 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 1, 1455 gutenburg prints the first bible Jan 12, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Jan 12, 1491 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 12, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Apr 9, 1492 Death of Lorenzo de Medici Jan 12, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 12, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 12, 1517 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 12, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 12, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 12, 1539 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 12, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 12, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 12, 1586 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 12, 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Jan 12, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 12, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
