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  Invented by Johannes Gutenburg
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  Invented by Johannes Gutenburg
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  Leonardo da Vinci was one the most reknown artists, philosophers, and thinker of the renaissance.
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  Center of Byzantine empire falls to Ottoman Turks
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  Columbus sails from Spain in hopes to go to India, but ends up discovering the americas
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  Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa, which was one of his most famous works and one of the most famous paintings of the Northern Renaissance.
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  Pope Julius ll takes over Catholic church at the beginning of Roman Golden Age.
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  Pope Julius ll summons Michelangelo to paint a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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  Martin Luther posts his Ninety Five Theses on door of a church in Germany, starting a movement that caused a split in Roman Catholic Church.
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  Imperial army attacks Rome. Symbolizes downfall of Italian Renaissance.
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