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Fosari assumes the position of doge and attempts to usurp great political power, to the distaste of the Great Council, Venice's oligarchic ruling body, which asserts its power over the doge and torments him until his resignation.
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Pope Nicholas V takes the first steps toward turning Rome into a Renaissance city, undertaking many construction projects and strongly encouraging the arts.
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The center of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks, provoking an exodus of Greek people and works of art and literature into the Italian city-states.
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Sixtus IV becomes pope, undertaking many successful projects in Rome, but disgracing the Church through his corruption and practice of nepotism.
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the printing press reaches england allowing the 95 theses to be spread faster
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Pico's philosophy often conflicts with that of the Catholic Church and he is declared a heretic. He is saved from demise by the intervention of Lorenzo de Medici.
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Discovered the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)
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Alexander VI is widely known as a corrupt and manipulative pope, scheming for his family's benefit. Many claim that the Papacy reaches its greatest moral decline of the Renaissance during his pontificate.
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christopher sails deeper into the atlntic landing in the bahamas
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reports on his first voyage
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the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas givinf portugol control of brazil and Spain got the rest of South America
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First to find a water route to Asia, first to round the tip of Africa to India
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The ascension of Pope Julius II begins the Roman Golden Age, during which the city and Papacy both prosper. Julius II reverses the trend of moral degradation in the Papacy and takes great steps in the rebuilding of Rome.
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queen mary get the throne from her father
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martin luther made the 95 theses
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Leonardo, perhaps the most remarkable individual of the Renaissance, dies in France, having established himself as a painter, sculptor, engineer, and scientist.
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went west from Spain Reached a narrow passageway at the southern tip of South America then named the Strait of Magellan
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king henry viii broke away from rome
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queen elizabeth gets the throne from her sister mary
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King Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes
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Peace of Westphalia signed