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Johann Gutenberg, creator of the moveable type printing press,created what is considered the first book printed, the Gutenberg bible which is the latin language and was printed in Mainz, Germany
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pope julius II hired Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the chapel,the sequence begins with creation, above the altar,and progresses toward the enterence side of the chapel
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a document written by martin Luther aganist the Catholic Church challenging the teachings on the nature of penance , the authority of the pope and indulgences
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the Spanish Aramada was defeated off the coast of Gravelines, France, by the english naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake
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signed by King Henry IV of France, granted the calvinist Protestants substantial rights in the nation,was still considered catholic at the time.