MY RENAISSANCE TIMELINE

  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
  • Jan 6, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
  • May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • Jan 8, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
  • Apr 22, 1497

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Nov 5, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • Sep 20, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
  • Jan 12, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
  • Apr 11, 1520

    Raphael paints the Transfiguration

    Raphael paints the Transfiguration
  • Jan 8, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Jan 12, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Sep 27, 1540

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • May 9, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England
  • Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke
  • King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada
  • Galileo invents a thermometer

    Galileo invents a thermometer