Timeline

  • Feb 23, 1445

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
  • Jan 7, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
  • Jan 7, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Jan 7, 1504

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • Jan 7, 1509

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
  • Jan 7, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • Jan 7, 1515

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

  • Jan 7, 1520

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
  • Jan 7, 1529

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Jan 7, 1534

    ounding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

  • Jan 7, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Jan 7, 1558

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England
  • Jan 7, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
  • Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina)

    Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina)
  • 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