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In 1439 Gurenberg was the first European to use the printing press
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Columbus sets sail from spain. His objective was to sail west untill he reached Asia. But When he lands in the Americas he didnt know where he was at.
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1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East his expedition made numerous stops in Africa before reaching the trading post of Calicut, India, in May 1498.
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David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by Michelangelo.
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The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.
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On October 31, 1517 Luther nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.
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Cortés invaded Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire
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From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death.
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The Council of Trent was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Held between 1545 and 1563
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The actual date of Shakespeare's birth is not known, but, traditionally, April 23, St George's Day, has been Shakespeare's accepted birthday.
