Renaissance timeline thingy.... By isabellamcgregor Jan 2, 1300 Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici Jan 1, 1450 Gutenberg prints the first Bible Jan 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition is introduced Mar 1, 1492 Columbus discovers the new world Jul 1, 1497 Vasco da Gama sails to India Sep 8, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts the David Jan 5, 1506 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Apr 16, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Feb 7, 1516 Thomas More writes Utopia Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church Feb 4, 1520 Rapheal paints the Transfiguration Feb 8, 1534 Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola Nov 15, 1534 King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church Oct 9, 1536 John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion Jan 1, 1543 Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Nov 17, 1558 Elizabeth I begins rule in England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Sep 1, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina) Aug 12, 1588 King Phillip II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada Feb 3, 1603 Galileo invents a thermometer
