Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de medici
  • Sep 25, 1455

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible

    Gutenberg prints the first Bible
  • Nov 1, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced

    Spanish Inquisition is introduced
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers the new world

    Columbus discovers the new world
  • Jul 12, 1497

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Oct 20, 1501

    Michelangelo sculpts the David

    Michelangelo sculpts the David
  • May 19, 1503

    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
  • Jun 21, 1523

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration

    Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
  • May 10, 1532

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • Feb 14, 1535

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Jul 7, 1536

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Sep 27, 1540

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
  • Nov 15, 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres

    Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
  • Aug 19, 1547

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church

    King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
  • Apr 18, 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
  • Elizabeth I begins rule in England

    Elizabeth I begins rule in England