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Feb 13, 1440
J.. Gutenberg develops movable type
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Feb 13, 1453
Prince Henry the Navigator opens maritime school
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Feb 13, 1492
Columbus reaches the New World
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Feb 13, 1492
Reconquista of Spain ended
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Feb 13, 1508
Michelangelo starts painting Sistine Chapel
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Feb 13, 1509
Reign of Henry VIII of England begins
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Feb 13, 1511
D. Erasmus' "In Praise of Folly"
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Feb 13, 1512
Michelangelo finishes painting the Sistine Chapel
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Feb 13, 1513
N. Machiavelli's "The Prince"
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Feb 13, 1517
M. Luther "95 Theses"
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Feb 13, 1519
Magellan circumnavigates the world
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Feb 13, 1519
H. Cortés interacts with Aztecs
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Feb 13, 1528
Castiglione "The Book of the Courtier"
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Feb 13, 1534
Act of Supremacy
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Feb 13, 1536
John Calvin began ministry
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Feb 13, 1540
Est. of the Jesuits
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Feb 13, 1543
Copernicus published his famous book & died
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Feb 13, 1545
Council of Trent was initiated
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Feb 13, 1547
Reign of Henry VIII of England ends
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Feb 13, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
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Feb 13, 1556
Reign of Philip II of Spain begins
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Feb 13, 1558
Reign of Elizabeth I of England begins
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Feb 13, 1563
End of Council of Trent
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Feb 13, 1564
John Calvin died
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Feb 13, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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William Shakespeare appeared in London
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Reign of Philip II of Spain ends
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Edict of Nantes
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Baroque Period began
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Reign of Elizabeth I of England ends
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Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden begins
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William Shakespeare died
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30 Years' War begins
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Descartes percieved outlines for new math system
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Mayflower Compact
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Cardinal Richelieu's tenure as Chief Minister to Louis XIII
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Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden ends
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Trial of Galileo
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Reign of Louis XIV of France begins
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30 Years' War ends
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Peace of Westphalia
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Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan"
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Death of Rembrandt
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Glorious Revolution
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Reign of Peter the Great begins
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War of Spanish Succession begins
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Isaac Newton was made president of the Royal Society
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John Locke died
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War of Spanish Succession ends
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Reign of Louis XIV of France ends
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Reign of Peter the Great ends
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Isaac Newton died
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War of Austrian Succession began
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Montesquieu "On the Spirit of the Laws"
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War of Austrian Succession ended
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Baroque Period ended
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French & Indian War began
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Two celebrated treatises written by Rousseau were published
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French & Indian War ended
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Thomas Pains "Common Sense"