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Period: Jan 1, 1266 to Jan 1, 1337
Giotto's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1304 to Jan 1, 1374
Petrarch's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550
Italian Renaissance
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Period: Jan 1, 1386 to Jan 1, 1466
Donatello's Life
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Period: Mar 4, 1394 to Nov 13, 1460
Henry the Navigator's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1415 to Jan 1, 1511
Portuguese Exploration/Expansion
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Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Jan 1, 1519
Da Vinci's Life
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May 29, 1453
Ottoman Takeover of Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1455
Gutenberg's Printing Press
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Period: Jan 28, 1457 to Apr 21, 1509
Henry VII's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Aug 11, 1519
Tetzel's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1469 to Jan 1, 1527
Machiavelli's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Jan 1, 1564
Michelangelo's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1520
Raphael's Life
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Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546
Luther's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Oct 11, 1531
Zwingli's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1491 to Jul 31, 1556
Loyola's Life
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Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jan 28, 1547
Henry VIII's Life
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Jan 1, 1492
Spanish Triple
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1533
Spanish Exploration/Expansion
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Period: Sep 12, 1494 to Mar 31, 1547
Francis I's Life
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Oct 1, 1494
French Invasion of Italy
Only month and year known. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Northern Renaissance
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Period: Feb 24, 1500 to Sep 21, 1558
Charles V's Life
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Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1564
Calvin's Life
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Jan 1, 1511
The School of Athens
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Jan 1, 1513
The Prince
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Period: Mar 28, 1515 to Oct 4, 1582
Teresa of Avila's Life
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Period: Jan 1, 1517 to
The Protestant Reformation
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Period: Jan 1, 1517 to Jan 1, 1563
Growth of Lutheranism
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Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
Written by Martin Luther, posted on October 31. -
Period: Jan 1, 1536 to Jan 1, 1559
Growth of Calvinism
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Period: Jan 1, 1540 to Jan 1, 1565
The Catholic/Counter Reformation
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Jan 1, 1543
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies
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Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 4, 1563
Council of Trent
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Sep 25, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
Treaty imposed on Charles V, official recognition of Lutheranism. -
Oct 25, 1555
Abdication of Charles V
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Edict of Nantes Passed by Henry IV
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Elizabeth I of England Died
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Beginning of the 30 Years' War
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Charles I Executed, Cromwell Came to Power in England