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A plague spread by rodents invested Europe, killing millions
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We now know today the actually reason behind the Black Death, but in those times they thought it was a punishment from God
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It's hard to tell, but we're pretty sure somwhere between 75 to 200 million people died
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From Sicily, the diasease took 3 years to make it's way across Europe
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Leonardo was a painter, scientist, inventer, polymath, ect. His most famous work was probably the Mon Lisa
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An italian artist who created many reat paintings and sculptures such as The Creation Of Adam
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First Grand Inquistdor of Spain
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The King and Queen of Spain began 'purifying' Spain. Basically they drove out everyone who was not catholic
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In the Spanish Inqusition, it is reported 125,000 were investigated, and 2,250 were killed.
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One of the three members of the high Renaissance trinity. Raphael was asked by Pope Julius II to work on rooms in the Vatican.
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The first European explorer to reach India by sea
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Christopher Culumbus accidentally discovered America while looking for a route to Asia
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He discovered North Carolina, New York Harbour, and lot's of other places
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Created the 95 theses and Lutherism
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Ignatius of Loyola creates the jusuits, or the society of Jesus order as part of the counter Catholosim Reformation
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Spread the Renassaince and Humanism to northern Europe
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Founded the scientific method
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Discovered the earth was not, in fact, the centr of the universe. Not many beleived him though
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Sir Isaac Newton's most famous discovery was that of gravity
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Locke beleived that goverment should be based on natural law.
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Beleived the best form of goverment was one that was seperated
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Rousseau beleived that a goverment must have a social contract with it's people
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General Washington was the leader of the colonial army and later became the first president of the United States.
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On this day Benedict Arnold betrayed the American's and tried to sabbatoge them. His plan failed.
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He led the troops in the battle of Yorktown