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an intellectual movement that advocated the study of history and literature as a chief means of identifying with the glories of the ancient world.
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he helped to spark the Renaissance
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His maijor achievement was the Psalter
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Renaissance artists were concerned with making their art look realistic, and one of the ways they achieved this realism was through the use of linear perspective.
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In 1469, he became the head of Medici banking family and ruled Florence
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Leonardo begins painting the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, a project that he only finishes after 10 years.
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He publishes his new testamenbt
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1506 - Plays a leading role in organizing Florence's first militia.
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In 1496 he created The Mens Bath House
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With his knowledge of Greek, Copernicus can read the original writings of some scientists who have not had their work translated into Latin. One scientist that he reads is Aristarchus, an ancient Greek astronomer who wrote that the earth spins, making it look like planets are revolving around the earth.
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Pope Clement asks him to paint the LAST JUDGMENT on the wall of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo returns to Florence for a short stay, then leaves it for the rest of his life. He lets assistants finish the Medici Chapel and the Laurentian Library.
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He vows to be a monk if St.Anne saves him. He gives up his career as a lawyer.
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In 1507 he was comissoned to paint.
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Serves as an ambassador to the Continent; marries Margaret, niece of Lutheran reformer Osiander
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1540 Calvin’s Commentary on Romans is published. In August, Calvin marries the widow of an Anabaptist, Idelette de Bure.
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1558 - Queen Mary I dies and Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth I.
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Galileo gives two public lectures at the Accademia Fiorentina (Florentine Academy) about the shape, location, and dimensions of hell as described in Dante's Inferno.
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Descartes publishes Discourse on Method, with Optics, Meterology and the Geometry
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Newton builds an improved version of the reflecting telescope. His friend, Dr. Barrow, takes it to the Royal Society of London, the country's most famous scientific society. The members are so impressed they invite Newton to join
