Timeline By cassidy.ayers Feb 23, 1445 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 7, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jan 7, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 7, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 7, 1509 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 7, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 7, 1515 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 7, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Jan 7, 1529 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 7, 1534 ounding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 7, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 7, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jan 7, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 7, 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina) Jan 7, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 7, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
