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Nicolaus Copernicus left Poland to study law, medicine, mathematics, Greek, and astronomy in Italy.
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Leonardo Da Vinci finishes The Last Supper, which was inspired by the last supper with Jesus and the 12 apostles. It is believed that Da Vinci painted himself in as one of the apostles.
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Between 1501 and 1504 Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David, which was inspired by the biblical story "David and Goliath"
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Leonardo Di Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
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Michelangelo bigins painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
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Michelangelo finishes painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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Rheticus got permission to publish Nicolaus Copernicus' book. This book explained that the Sun is the center of the universe, not the Earth and all of the planets, including Earth revolve around the Sun.
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William Gilbert studied magnetism and invented the magnet.
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In 1609, Galileo heard about an invention created by a dutch inventor which made distant objects appear closer (telescope). Galileo improved the telescope. When he looked through the telescope, he saw mountains and deep valleys on the moon.
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Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the thermometer.
