Renaissance Timeline

By Ashton Kilby
  • Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
    Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    he was born in Florence, Italy.
  • Gutenberg prints the first Bible.
    Jan 9, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible.

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible.
  • Spanish Inquisition is introduced
    Jan 9, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Columbus discovers the new world
    Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    trying to reach asia.
  • Vasco da Gama sails to India
    Jan 9, 1497

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    sailed from libson.
  • Michelangelo sculpts the David
    Jan 9, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    marble statue of a standing male nude.
  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Jan 9, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    an x-ray image taken of Mona Lisa in the labrotories of the Louvre.
  • Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
    Jan 9, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    wrote in 1513, published in 1532
  • Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    Jan 9, 1514

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    wass a thesis did not go public till 1543.
  • Thomas More writes Utopia
    Jan 9, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    wrote in two parts in latin.
  • Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Castle church of Wittenberg,
  • Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
    Jan 9, 1520

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    worked on until his death.
  • John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
    Jan 9, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    extremely important for the protestant reformation.
  • Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
    Sep 27, 1540

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Rome, Italy.
  • King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
    Jan 9, 1553

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

  • Elizabeth I begins rule in England
    Jan 9, 1558

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

  • William Shakespeare is born
    Apr 26, 1564

    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