Unit 8 Renaissance Timeline By Silvre Jan 1, 1590 Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope. Period: Jul 9, 1590 to Jul 9, 1636 Shakespeare's Major Plays versus Major Inventions of the Renaissance Jan 1, 1593 Galileo Galilei invents a water thermometer. Jan 1, 1594 Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet Jan 1, 1594 Shakespeare writes Love Labours Lost Jan 1, 1595 Shakespeare writes A Midsummer's Night Dream Jan 1, 1596 Shakespeare writes Merchat of Venice Jan 1, 1596 Sir John Harington Invention of flush Toilet Jan 1, 1597 Shakespeare publishes Romeo and Juliet Jan 1, 1598 Shakespeare publishes Love's Labours Lost Jan 1, 1600 Shakespeare publishes A Midsummer Night's Dream Jan 1, 1600 Shakespeare publishes the Merchant of Venice Jan 1, 1600 Shakespeare writes Hamlet Jan 1, 1601 Shakespeare writes Twelfth Night Jan 1, 1602 Shakespeare writes Othello Jan 1, 1603 Shakespeare publishes Hamlet Jan 1, 1605 Shakespeare writes King Lear Jan 1, 1606 Shakespeare writes Macbeth Jan 1, 1608 Shakespeare publishes King Lear Jan 1, 1608 Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope Jan 1, 1610 Shakespeare writes The Tempest Jan 1, 1620 The earliest human-powered submarine invented by Cornelis Drebbel. Jan 1, 1622 Shakespeare publishes Othello Jan 1, 1623 Shakespeare publishes Twelfth Night Jan 1, 1623 Shakespeare publishes Macbeth Jan 1, 1623 Shakespeare publishes The Tempest Jan 1, 1623 Invention of graded lenses Jan 1, 1624 William Oughtred invents a slide rule Jan 1, 1625 Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion. Jan 1, 1629 Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine. Jan 1, 1636 W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.