Renaissance

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1448 to

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  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

  • Mar 2, 1455

    first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
  • Sep 27, 1480

    Spanish Inquisition

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Jan 2, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Columbus discovers the new world
  • May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Jan 25, 1504

    The David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • Dec 1, 1506

    Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
  • Jan 7, 1516

    Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Jan 2, 1517

    95 Theses

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
  • Dec 1, 1520

    The Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
  • Jan 7, 1532

    The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • Jan 7, 1533

    Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Sep 27, 1540

    Society of Jesus

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • Dec 1, 1543

    On the revoloutions of celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
  • Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespere

    William Shakespere is born
  • Sir Walter Raleigh

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke
  • Queen Elizabeth I

    Queen Elizabeth I began rule in England
  • Spanish Armada

    King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada
  • Galileo

    Galileo invents a thermometer
  • Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion