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Jan 1, 1305
1305
Giotto completes the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua -
Jan 1, 1308
1308
Dante writes Divine Comedy -
Jan 1, 1347
1347
Bubonic Plague -
Jan 1, 1400
1400
Early Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1419
1419
Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral -
Jan 1, 1429
1429
Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans -
Jan 1, 1434
1434
The Medici family becomes the head of the city-state of Florence. -
Jan 1, 1453
1453
The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Constantinople, signaling an end to the Byzantine Empire. -
Jan 1, 1460
1460
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.