Renaissance Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    he was born in Florence, Italy.
  • Jan 9, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible.

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible.
    Gutenberg prints the first Bible.
  • Jan 9, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
    trying to reach asia.
  • Jan 9, 1497

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
    sailed from libson.
  • Jan 9, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
    marble statue of a standing male nude.
  • Jan 9, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    an x-ray image taken of Mona Lisa in the labrotories of the Louvre.
  • Jan 9, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    wrote in 1513, published in 1532
  • Jan 9, 1514

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    wass a thesis did not go public till 1543.
  • Jan 9, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
    wrote in two parts in latin.
  • 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
    Castle church of Wittenberg,
  • Jan 9, 1520

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
    worked on until his death.
  • Jan 9, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    extremely important for the protestant reformation.
  • Sep 27, 1540

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    Rome, Italy.
  • Jan 9, 1553

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Jan 9, 1558

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England
  • Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
    stratford-upon-avon, united kingdom
  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke
    funnded expiditions.
  • 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