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1434
Medici family take control of Florence (CE)
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1453
Ottomans capture Constantinople ending the Byzantine Empire (CE)
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1455
Gutenberg prints bible in Mainz (CE)
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1492
Columbus reaches Americas (CE)
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1492
Columbus lands in Americas (CE)
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1501
Safavids conquer Persia (CE)
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1517
Martin Luther begins Reformation (CE)
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1522
Magellan's CREW sails around the world (CE)
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1526
Mughals Empire begins in India (CE)
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1534
Act of Supremacy: King is head of England's church (CE)
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1545
Council of Trent (1545-1563 CE)
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1550
Peace of Augsburg (CE)
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British settle in Jamestown (CE)