Renaissance Timeline By Morgan_Lynn Jan 1, 1449 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 6, 1456 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Apr 8, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Aug 3, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world May 6, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Mar 9, 1501 Michelangelo sculpts the David May 16, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Aug 14, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Jan 6, 1516 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Feb 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Apr 26, 1516 William Shakespeare is born Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Jan 8, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Aug 9, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Nov 7, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jul 8, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Jul 10, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina May 9, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada May 17, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
