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Black Death ravages Europe for the first time.
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birth of painter Masaccio.
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Ghiberti awarded commission to create doors for the baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence
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Brunelleschi works on dome of Florence Cathedral.
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Death of Brunelleschi.
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Birth of Leonardo da Vinci
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Ottoman conquest of Constantinople: many Greek thinkers and works travel westward; end of Hundred Years War: stability returns to north-west Europe.
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Lorenzo de Medici, “The Magnificent”, takes power in Florence; his rule is considered the high point of the Florentine Renaissance.
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Alberti: On Building. Italian architects travel to Russia to aid in rebuilding of Kremlin.
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Rodrigo Borgia appointed Pope, his rule is considered a reign of corruption
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Buonarroti: Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs
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Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper
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Michelangelo: David
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Leonardo: Mona Lisa
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Cervantes: Don Quixote
