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The Fall of Rome Completely changed Europe for it was seen as very powerful and ruling over Europe and when fell people didn't know what to do.
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The Magna Carta was created to limit the power of the Monarch and that is what is did when King John was forced to sign it making it so that a free man cannot become unfree, the King has to talk with the lords before giving taxes, and no one can be imprisoned without a jury trial.
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The Black Death was a pandemic that happened in Europe that killed many during the Middle Ages.
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Gutenberg invented the printing press around 1445, which changed how ideas were spread during the reformation.
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Christopher Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492 and he "found America" and explored it.
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Da Vinci finished painted his famous piece the Mona Lisa in 1507.
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Ponce de Leon found florida and was trying to find the fountain of youth that was on it.
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Luther wrote the 95 Theses' for he didn't like that the church was selling indulgences, something he felt that only God could give people.
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Ferdinand Magellan planned to find a new route to sail to the west indies but ended up being the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean, finding the what is now called the Straight of Magellan.
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Shakespeare writes his famous play Romeo and Juliet around 1594.
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Published the Law of Planetary Motion, planets travel around the Sun in an oval shaped orbit, planets move faster when they are closer to the sun, and relates to the time it takes for a planet to revolve around the sun.
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Galileo printed his most controversial book, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems on the World, on this date, which stated many of his beliefs which differed from many around him.
