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Apr 4, 1397
Bank Medici established
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Apr 4, 1400
Renaissance begins
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Apr 4, 1439
Gutenberg Printing Press Invented
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Apr 4, 1440
Ivan III revolts against Mongol rule
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Apr 4, 1453
Ottomans take control of Byzantine Empire
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Apr 4, 1454
Treaty of Lodi signed
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Apr 4, 1469
Isabella and Ferdinand marry
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Apr 4, 1492
Discovery of Americas
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Apr 4, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Apr 4, 1494
Italian Wars
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Apr 4, 1495
Da Vinci paints The Last Supper
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Apr 4, 1497
Vasco de Gama sails around Africa
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Apr 4, 1501
Michaelangelo sculpts David
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Apr 4, 1503
Da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
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Apr 4, 1508
Michaelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
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Apr 4, 1509
Coronation of Henry VIII of England
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Apr 4, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
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Apr 4, 1511
Erasmus writes "In Praise of Folly"
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Apr 4, 1514
Barolome de Las Casas protests against poor treatment of natives in America
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Apr 4, 1516
Thomas More prints "Utopia"
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Apr 4, 1517
Luther's 95 Theses
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Apr 4, 1519
Charles V becomes HRE
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Apr 4, 1520
Mannerism begins
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Apr 4, 1521
Diet of Worms
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Apr 4, 1529
Marbourg Colloquy
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Apr 4, 1532
Machiavelli's "The Prince"
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Apr 4, 1534
English Reformation
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Apr 4, 1535
Thomas More executed
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Apr 4, 1536
John Calvin leads reform in Geneva
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Apr 4, 1540
Jesuits founded by Ignatius Loyola
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Apr 4, 1543
Copernicus Heliocentric model
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Apr 4, 1545
Council of Trent
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Apr 4, 1547
Henry VIII dies
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Apr 4, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
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Apr 4, 1556
Phillip II becomes King of Spain
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Apr 4, 1559
Queen Elizabeth I coronated
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Apr 4, 1562
French Wars of Religion
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Apr 4, 1564
Shakespeare born
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Apr 4, 1566
Dutch Revolt
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Apr 4, 1570
Puritans advocate more change in English church
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Apr 4, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Apr 4, 1580
Marriage occurs at later ages in peasant families
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Spanish Armada defeated
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Henry of Navarre becomes King of France
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Edict of Nantes