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Jan 1, 1347
Black Death First Ravages Through Europe
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Jan 1, 1374
Death of Petrarch
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Jan 1, 1417
(1417-1436) - Brunelleschi works on dome of Florence Cathedral
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Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc is burnt at stake in Rouen
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Jan 1, 1450
Gutenberg invents the printing press
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Jan 1, 1469
Lorenzo de Medici “the Magnificent” takes power in Florence, his rule is considered a high point of the Florentine Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus discovers America
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Jan 1, 1504
Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1508
(1508-12) – Michelangelo paints the roof of the Sistine Chapel
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Jan 1, 1532
1532-34 – Henry the VII declares self head of Church
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Jan 1, 1546
Martin Luther dies
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Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth succeeds throne in England
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Jan 1, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
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English navy defeats Spanish Armada
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Invention of the Microscope
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Samuel de Champlain travels to top of North America
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Gundpowder Plot
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Invention of the Telescope
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Isaac Newton first discovers law of gravity