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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1000
Early Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 732
Charles Martel halts a Muslim Advance into France
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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1300
High Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1054
Great Schism
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Jan 1, 1066
William the Conquerer invades England
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Jan 1, 1069
First Crusade
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Period: Jan 1, 1140 to Jan 1, 1270
Rise of European Universities
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1527
Late Middle Ages
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Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years War between England and France
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Jan 1, 1350
The Black Death
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Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527
Renaissance in Italy
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Jan 1, 1436
BRUNELLESCHI COMPLETES THE DOME
The completion of the dome gave the Medici family more power and credibility because no one in history had ever built such an architechural structure. Once the Medici family received more power, they were able to remain the ruler for a longer period of time as patrons to artists such as Michaelangelo and Da Vinci. This furthered artistic advancements in the Florentine Renaissance. -
Jan 1, 1450
Printing Press Invented by J. Gutenberg
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Jan 1, 1478
Lorenzo de Medici comes to power in Florence
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Jan 1, 1478
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
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Jan 1, 1486
Pico publishes "Oration"
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Jan 1, 1504
THE DAVID
This was one of the first examples of Humanism, and it was created from a whole single piece of marble, something unprecendented in history. It was considered a symbol of the people of Florence -
Jan 1, 1513
GIOVANNI MEDICI BECAME POPE LEO X
It was an important event because it gave even more credit and power to the Medici family. He made Rome a center of cultural and political power, however, he did waste all of the Papal money. -
Jan 1, 1517
MARTIN LUTHER THESES
When Martin Luther's 95 These were spread to the people of Western Europe, it caused them to realize that the church was controlling and oppressive, some of their regulations needing to be revised. This eventually lead to the Reformation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1525 to
Reformation
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Jan 1, 1532
Machiavelli's "The Prince" is published