Seth Pearson- Renaissance Timeline By seth.pearson Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1600 Pearson- Renaissance Timeline Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici Jan 1, 1454 Gutenberg Prints First Bible Jan 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jun 15, 1501 Michaelangelo begins sculpting the David May 31, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci begins on Jan 27, 1516 Thomas Moore writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on door of Castle Church Oct 8, 1518 Raphael paints the Transfiguration Nov 16, 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Mar 9, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican Church Mar 20, 1536 John Calvin writes Institutes of the Christian Religion Sep 27, 1540 Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus Apr 11, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I comes to power Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Mar 25, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Aug 12, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Nov 12, 1603 Galileo invents the thermometer
