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Renaissance Timeline

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  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
  • Sep 30, 1452

    Gutenberg prints the first bible

    Gutenberg prints the first bible
  • Sep 27, 1480

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
  • May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • May 6, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
  • Sep 8, 1504

    Michelanglo sculpts the David

    Michelanglo sculpts the David
  • May 11, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • May 11, 1515

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • May 6, 1516

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
  • 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
  • May 11, 1529

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

  • Mar 11, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • May 11, 1540

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • May 24, 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 11, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke(present day North Carolina)

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke(present day North Carolina)
  • 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