Renaissance Timeline

  • Period: Jan 5, 1400 to

    Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1449

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici

    Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
  • Jan 5, 1455

    Gutenberg printed first Bible

    Gutenberg printed first Bible
  • Jan 5, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition was introduced

    Spanish Inquisition was introduced
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Discovers the New World

    Columbus Discovers the New World
  • Jan 7, 1497

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

    Vasco da Gama sails to India
  • Jan 7, 1502

    Michelangelo Completed David

    Michelangelo Completed David
  • Jan 7, 1506

    Leonardo da Vinci finished the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci finished the Mona Lisa
  • Jan 7, 1513

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
  • Jan 7, 1516

    Thomas More writes Utopia

    Thomas More writes Utopia
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church

    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church
  • Jan 7, 1520

    Raphael Finshes the Transfiguration

    Raphael Finshes the Transfiguration
  • Jan 7, 1531

    King Henry VII started the Protestant Angelican Church

    King Henry VII started the Protestant Angelican Church
  • Aug 15, 1534

    Founding of the Society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola

    Founding 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, 1543

    Corpernicus publishes On the Revolution of Celestial Spheres

    Corpernicus publishes On the Revolution of Celestial Spheres
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen
  • Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare's Birth

    William Shakespeare's Birth
  • Sir Walter Raliegh tries to establish Roanoke

    Sir Walter Raliegh tries to establish Roanoke
  • King Phillip assembles the Spanish Armada

    King Phillip assembles the Spanish Armada
  • Galileo invented a Thermometer

    Galileo invented a Thermometer