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Date when the Ottoman Empire was at its best
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The Renaissance took place during this time period
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Prince Henry the Navigator opened his school for oceanic navigation and astronomical observation
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Constantinople fell to the Byzantines
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Columbus and his men made it to America in this year
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Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa
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The Praise of Folly was written and published during this year
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When the painting, Mona Lisa, by da Vinci was finished
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95 theses was posted on this day outside the church
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Magellan circumnavigates the globe during these years, but he doesn't finish because he dies in 1521
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Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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Mughal Empire was founded and begun on this date
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Pissarro conquerors the Incas
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Copernicus introduced the theory that the sun was the center of the universe insead of the Earth which was previoulsy believed
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Council of Trent lasted from...
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Tobacco introdueced to Europe
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar was written and perofromed during this year
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The first telescope was made by Galileo
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A war between Catholics and Protestants that lasted 30 years
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William Harvey discovered circulation of blood
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Discartes’ Discourse on Method was written and copleted in this year
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Taj Mahal was completed in this year
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Newton’s Laws of Gravity were introduced
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The Anglican Church began in this year and was founded by Henry VIII
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany on this day
