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The First Crusade was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Lands, called by Pope Urban II in 1095, and began in 1096
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A document called the Magna Carta was signed by King John in a field in Runnymede because he was being a bad ruler.
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The Plague strikes Europe killing one third of the entire population.
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Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press and the Gutenburg Bible.
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Botticelli was was an artist during the Renaissance. Living in Florence, he studied under Filippo Lippi. One of his more famous works is The Birth of Venus.
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Leonardo Da Vinci was a very talented and famous artist during the Renaissance. Being an inventor, artist, and engineer, and painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, he was dubbed, "The Renaissance Man."
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Copernicus created and observed and reasoned the heliocentric theory, proving that the Sun was in the center and not the Earth.
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Raphael was an artist during the Renaissance. He has lived in Florence and Rome. He has painted School of Athens and other works of art, showing one of the greatest philosophers/thinkers.
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Martin Luther wrote 95 Theses about the church that he believed to be wrong., and hung them up on the church door.
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This was the meeting of all Catholic and religious leaders to reform the church, and was the place where Luther was kicked out of the church.
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An explorer named Ferdinand sailed around the world for three years.
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Galileo Galilei was an astronomy that changed scientific knowledge. He discovered much of modern astronomy as well as other topics, using his home made telescope which could be used to see what others couldn't. Because he went on the opposite side of the church, he was excommunicated.
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