Signifiant events in the Renaissance

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  • Sep 11, 1348

    The Black Death wiped out 50% of Western Europe

  • Dec 5, 1360

    Giovanni de Medici founded the Medici dynasty and bank

  • Mar 29, 1377

    Filippo Brunelleschi first catapulted to architectural fame with his design and subsequent building management

  • May 4, 1450

    Printing press is invented

  • Jan 18, 1453

    Constantinople fell to the armies of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II

  • Sep 13, 1475

    Michelanglo was born.

  • May 20, 1478

    Spanish inuisition starts

  • Nov 26, 1504

    Michelangelo finished the original David sculpture

  • Jan 21, 1564

    Galileo Galilei, thought that planets revolved around the sun

  • Apr 19, 1564

    William Shakespeare was born