Renaissance Timeline By kordell.williams Jan 2, 1300 Birth of lorenzo de' Medici Mar 12, 1450 Gutenberg prints the first bible Jan 7, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Oct 30, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jan 9, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Jan 9, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 9, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 9, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 9, 1514 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Jan 9, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Jan 9, 1517 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 9, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 9, 1540 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Jan 9, 1553 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Jan 9, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 9, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina Jan 9, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Jan 9, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
