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Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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The Byzantines culminate the conquest of Italy.
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Death of Muhammad, Muslim armies conquered the Middle East, expansion of Islam.
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Muslims across the Strait of Gibraltar and invade Spain. End of the Visigoth Kingdom and beginning of Arab rule in the peninsula.
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Charlemagne is crowned Emperor of the West.
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Navarra becomes an independent kingdom.
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Henry IV of Germany is overthrown.
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Fourth crusade to reconquer the Holy Land, but its course changed, ending with the conquest and looting of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.
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Henry VII, first monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, crowned as Emperor since Frederick II Hohenstoufen.
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Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral.
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The Medici family becomes the head of the city-state of Florence
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Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.
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The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Constantinople, signaling an end to the Byzantine Empire.
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Lorenzo de Medici becomes head of the city-state of Florence. He is one of the great patrons of the arts.
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Henry VII becomes king of England beginning the reign of the House of Tudor.
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Boticelli completes the painting The Birth of Venus.
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Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas.
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Vasco da Gama arrives in India after sailing around the southern tip of Africa from Portugal.
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Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David.
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Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
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Michelangelo begins his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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Henry VIII becomes king of England.
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Humanist author Erasmus writes Praise of Folly.
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Raphael paints his masterpiece The School of Athens.
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Sir Thomas More publishes his work Utopia on political philosophy
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Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg. This signals the start of the Reformation.
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Ferdinand Magellan begins his voyage around the world.
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Rome is sacked by the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
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Henry VIII separates the Church of England from the Catholic Church of Rome so that he can divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn.
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Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.
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The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy.
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William Shakespeare builds the Globe theatre. He will write many of his great plays over the next few years including Hamlet and Macbeth.
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Start of Baroque Period
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http://lorribrown.suite101.com/dutch-east-india-company-a51477The Dutch East India Company was established
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300134/Jamestown-ColonyJamestown Settlement was established which was the first successful English settlement
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Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter.
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http://www.pilgrimhall.org/arrival.htmThe pilgrims arrived in North America
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http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/charles1.htmThe reign of Charles I started
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William Heather found the professorship of music at Oxford University
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Giovanni Legranzi was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential on the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy.
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New York was discovered by the Dutch
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Italian Composer naved Lodovico Grossi da Viadana died
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First German opera was given at Torgau
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English composer named John Bull died
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Jacopo Peri wrote the first opera piece "Dafne" and he is often called inventor of opera. He also invented recitatives
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This piece influenced "J.S Bach"
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This piece was composed by 2 Italian composers named "Virgilio Mazzocchi" and "Marco Marazzoli"
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http://www.historyonthenet.com/Civil_War/civilwarmain.htmThe English civil war started
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On his 30th birthday, he was acclaimed as a new owner of the throne