The Renaissance By Sweeney78 Jan 11, 1420 Rapheal paints The Transfiguration Jan 1, 1449 Lorenzo de Medici Jan 11, 1455 Gutenberg prints the first bible Jan 11, 1478 Spanish inquisition is introduced Jan 11, 1491 Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 11, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jan 11, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 11, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 11, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 11, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 11, 1519 Martin Luther posts 95 theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 11, 1532 Niccola Machiavelli writes the prince Jan 11, 1539 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 11, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 11, 1558 Elizabeth the I begins rule in England Jan 11, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 11, 1586 King Henry the VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 11, 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke Jan 11, 1588 King Phillip the II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 11, 1593 Galilleo invents a thermometer
