The Renaissance

  • Jan 11, 1420

    Rapheal paints The Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints The Transfiguration
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de Medici

    Lorenzo de Medici
  • Jan 11, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first bible

    Gutenberg prints the first bible
  • Jan 11, 1478

    Spanish inquisition is introduced

    Spanish inquisition is introduced
  • Jan 11, 1491

    Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • Jan 11, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
  • Jan 11, 1497

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Jan 11, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
  • Jan 11, 1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • Jan 11, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Jan 11, 1519

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses on the door of Castle Church
  • Jan 11, 1532

    Niccola Machiavelli writes the prince

    Niccola Machiavelli writes the prince
  • Jan 11, 1539

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Jan 11, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
  • Jan 11, 1558

    Elizabeth the I begins rule in England

    Elizabeth the I begins rule in England
  • Jan 11, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
  • King Henry the VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry the VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke
  • King Phillip the II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip the II of Spain assembles the Spanish Armada
  • Galilleo invents a thermometer

    Galilleo invents a thermometer