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Ghiberti awarded commission to create doors for the baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence; Brunelleschi and Donatello travel to Rome; birth of painter Masaccio.
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In this year in history, one of the world greatest inventors and painters was born. Leonardo da Vinci. He painted the Mona Lisa ( one of the most well known paintings of all time ) , he invented may things we still use today. Like the parachute.
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The Gutenberg Bible was was the first major book printed with a movable type printing press, and marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book.
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He was the pope from 1471 to 1484. His accomplishments as Pope included the establishment of the Sistine Chapel; the group of artists that he brought together introduced the Early Renaissance into Rome with the first masterpiece of the city's new artistic age.
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1488: Portuguese sailors led by Bartolomeu Diaz round the Cape of Good Hope. He and his crew were the very first to ever sail around the the cape.
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Michelango sculpted the "David". To this day the sculpter is still standing. At the time it was the greatest sculpter around. Today its still one of the best and most well known.
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Lenardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Today its still one of the best paintings of all time. Its the most well know of all time. Its worth millions of dollars. And she didn't even smile.
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The Last Judgment is a fresco by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It took four years to complete from the years 1536 -1541. He painted it decades after he finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
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Shakespear wrote the great tragey about the kindom of Norway. That prince Hamlet wanted revenge against his unkle Claudius for killing his father King Hamlet.
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She died at the age of 70. She died of blood poisoning. She is considered to be the best monarch to rule over England. She made them a world leader and they prospered becasue of her rule.
