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Period: 1300 to
RENAISSANCE
Period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values -
1308
Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy.
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1453
The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Constantinople
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1495
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper.
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1501
Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David.
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1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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1508
Michelangelo begins his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chape
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1509
Henry VIII becomes king of England.
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Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter.
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Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter.
