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Jul 12, 1389
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Mar 25, 1409
Council of Pisa
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Apr 22, 1414
Council of Constance
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May 30, 1431
Joan of Arc
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Jun 29, 1440
Casimir IV of Poland unites Polish kingdom
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Jan 1, 1449
birth of Lorenzo de' Medici
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Apr 15, 1452
Leanardo da Vinci
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May 12, 1453
War of the Roses
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Jan 15, 1462
reign of Ivan III
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Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
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Jul 8, 1497
Vasco da Gama reaches india
Vasco da GamaVasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.
