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Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz Germany, borrowed money to create one of the greatest pieces of machinery at the time. He built the first ever Printing Press with wodden or metal letters in 1436.
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This was a time in which painting reached it's full potential. It was a much more sophisticated time than in earlier Renaissance.
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The Mona Lisa is a widely famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. da Vinci started in 1503 and finished in 1506. Leonardo never completed it and later in life, he regreted it.
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In 1517, monk Martin Luther was frustrated with the church. He did something no man had done in his time. He posted his complaints on the door of the Roman Catholic Church. There just so happened to be 95 complaints.
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Martin Luther translated the bible from Latin to German while in jail. This gave the Roman catholic church less power.
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After Nicolaus Copernicus' death, the published his Copernicus' work, stating that the earth and planets rotate around the sun.
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It's goal (when created) was to determine the doctirine of the churchin answeres to herisies of the Protestants.
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In 1609, Italian Galileo Galilei introduced the first ever telescope.
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A war between the Catholics and Protestants. The Protestants broke away from the church and the Catholics wanted them back.
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This is a timespan in which the form of government, monarchy, was extremely popular.
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The First Steam Engine was invented in 1698 by Thomas Savery. The invention introduced steam under pressure.
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A revolution inspired by the american revolution. The French revolution started between the lower class and the mighty government. The peasants revolted and overthrew the government.
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A very popular book written by Thomas Paine.
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Eli Whitney invented the Gin in 1794. It seperated the cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.
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The Battery was invented in 1800 by Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist. The electrical unit "volt" was named in his honor.
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John Deere invented the first ever Steel Plow. By 1855, his company was selling over 10,000 a year.
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He discovered that gravity is what is what is keeping us down on earth, rather than just letting us float away.
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On this date, Japan military performed a surprise attack on Pearl Harber of Honolulu.
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Enola Gay drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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After returning from jail in 1990, Mandela was ellected president of South Africa in 1994.
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On this date, Allied forces invaded Normandy to fight Nazi troops.
