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Jan 1, 1449
Birth of Lorenzo de’ Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. -
Jan 6, 1454
Gutenberg prints the first Bible
The Bible was not Gutenberg's first work. Preparation of it probably began soon after 1450, and the first finished copies were available in 1454 or 1455. It is not known exactly how long the Bible took to print. -
Period: Jan 6, 1478 to
Spanish Inquisition is introduced
In 1483 Tomas de Torquemada became the inquisitor-general for most of Spain. He was responsible for establishing the rules of inquisitorial procedure and creating branches of the Inquisition in various cities. He remained the leader of the Spanish Inquisition for fifteen years and is believed to be responsible for the execution of around 2,000 Spaniards. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher ColumbusDiscovers America, 1492
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited. His first stop was the Canary Islands where the lack of wind left his expedition becalmed until September 6 -
Jul 6, 1497
Vasco de Gama sails to india
Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. -
Period: Jan 6, 1503 to Jan 6, 1505
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Sep 8, 1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
the statue was placed instead in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on the 8th of September, 1504. -
Jan 7, 1513
Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince
Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, but it wasn't published until 1532, five years after his death. -
Jan 7, 1516
Thomas More writes Utopia
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Period: Feb 6, 1516 to Dec 6, 1520
Rapheal paints the Transfiguration
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
According to university custom, on 31 October 1517, Luther posted the ninety-five theses, which he had composed in Latin, on the door of the door of the church in wittenberg. -
Jan 7, 1533
King Henry VIII begins Protestant Anglican church
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Jan 7, 1536
John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
Published first in 1536, the Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's magnum opus. Extremely important for the Protestant Reformation, the Institutes has remained important for Protestant theology for almost five centuries -
Jan 7, 1539
Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
. Ignatius and a few followers bound themselves by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. In 1539, they formed the Society of Jesus, approved in 1540 -
Jan 6, 1543
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
born 19 February 1473, died 24 May 1543 (aged 70) -
Nov 7, 1558
Elizabeth I begins rule in England
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Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
nobody really knows when he was born but in catholic religion you are baptised on or three days before your birthday, and he was baptised on april 26. -
Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke (present day North Carolina
In 1584, 1585, and 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh funded expeditions to Roanoke Island (located on what is now called the Outer Banks). On March 25, 1584, Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter allowing Raleigh to “discover, search, find out, and view such remote heathen and barbarous Lands, Countries, and territories … to have, hold, occupy, and enjoy.” -
the spanish armada
Philip is also known for organizing a huge naval expedition against Protestant England in 1588, known usually as the Spanish Armada, which was unsuccessful, mostly due to storms and grave logistical problems. -
Galileo invents a thermometer
. In 1593, Galileo Galilei invented a rudimentary water thermoscope
