Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1449

    Lorenzo de' Medici

    Lorenzo de' Medici
  • Oct 22, 1454

    Gutenberg prints the first bible

    Gutenberg prints the first bible
  • Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
    This was a very long book
  • Mar 6, 1474

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • Nov 1, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Apr 6, 1483

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
    It was a great painting!
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
  • May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Feb 6, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • Feb 7, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Oct 10, 1517

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
  • Aug 31, 1531

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Apr 21, 1534

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Sep 27, 1540

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
  • Apr 21, 1574

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England
  • 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