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Period: Jan 1, 1420 to Dec 31, 1436
Duomo
Brunelleschi, Florence -
Jan 1, 1429
Medici family exiled
Same year Giovanni de Medici dies -
Jan 1, 1434
Cosimo de Medici comes back
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Period: Mar 1, 1445 to May 17, 1510
Botticelli
The Birth of Venus, Adoration of the Magi -
Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519
da Vinci
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May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
Technical course start -
Apr 9, 1454
Treaty of Lodi
5 main Italian city-states (Rome, Florence, Milan, Naples, Venice) all agree to back the others up if any of them get attacked. -
Aug 1, 1464
Cosimo de Medici dies
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Period: Aug 19, 1464 to Dec 28, 1469
Piero de Medici rules
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Period: Dec 28, 1469 to Apr 9, 1492
Lorenzo de Medici rules (with Giuliano for a little)
Giuliano killed at Church 4/26/1478, began independent rule -
Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564
Michelangelo
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Apr 26, 1478
Giuliano killed
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Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Apr 6, 1520
Raphael
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Jan 1, 1488
First art school in Europe
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Period: Apr 9, 1492 to Dec 31, 1494
Piero de Medici
Taken out by First French invasion of Italy -
Period: Dec 31, 1494 to May 23, 1498
Savonarola comes to power
Ruled Florence, tried to reform Florence but killed by the Church for being a "false prophet" -
Jan 1, 1512
Prato destroyed by Medici
Giovanni and Giulio want Florence back, supported by Pope Leo X -
Dec 31, 1512
Medici take back power
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Jan 1, 1513
Machiavelli publishes The Princeq
Supposedly loosely based on Cesar Borgia, Pope Alexander VI's son. Told how if a place (like Italy) were to take over the world, they would need a prince like this. These ideas are still applicable today. -
May 6, 1527
Sack of Rome
Charles V sacks Rome -
Oct 28, 1533
Catherine de Medici marries Henry II of France
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Jan 1, 1537
Cosimo de Medici elected Duke of Florence
1570 became Grand Duke of Tuscany -
Today