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1375
Coluccio Salutati Becomes Chancellor of Florence
first humanist leader of the Renaissance -
1415
Prince Henry Participates in Raids on Portuguese Coast
Prince Henry The Navigator was from Portughal -
1419
Prince Henry the Navigator Establishes a Navigation School
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1433
Leonardo Bruni Wrote:
"The whole glory of man lies in activity" -
1434
Cosimo Medici Becomes Leader of Florence
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Period: 1447 to 1534
Era of the Renaissance Popes
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Period: 1449 to 1492
Life of Lorenzo the Magnificent
Cosimo di Medici's son -
1450
Portuguese Begin Importing African Slaves
mid-1400s -
Period: 1452 to 1519
Life of Leonardo DaVinci
a "true Renaissance man" -
1460
Excreabilis Passed
Pope Pius II declares all appeals to council heretical -
Period: 1461 to 1485
Reign of Louis XI (France)
a Valois ruler -
Period: 1475 to 1564
Life of Michelangelo
he was somewhat crazy -
1480
Rome Becomes Renaissance Leader
late 1400s -
Period: 1485 to 1509
Reign of Henry VII (England)
a Tudor ruler -
1486
Pico (23 y/o) Claimed:
he could summarize all human knowledge in 900 theses -
1487
Bartholomew Dias Rounds Cape of Good Hope
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1492
Columbus Discovers the Americas
"In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" -
1492
Spain Concludes its "Reconquista"
can now begin foreign expansion -
1494
Charles VIII (France) Invades Naples
Spain was asked to help, then turned on Naples -
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas Signed
between Spain & Portughal; Portughese got the east part of 46 degrees, 37"- Spain got the west part -
Period: 1497 to 1499
Vaso da Gama Sails Around Africa to India and Back
made HUGE profits -
1498
Savonarola (Priest) Burned at the Stake
for leading a religious reform movement -
1500
Pedro Cabral Establishes Claim to Brazil
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1508
Michelangelo Commissioned to Repaint Sistene Chapel Cieling
by Pope Julius II (the "warrior pope") -
1513
The Prince is Written
by Niccolo Machiavelli -
Period: 1519 to 1556
Reign of Charles V (HRE)
a HAPSBURG! ruler -
Period: 1519 to 1521
Hernando Cortes Conquers Tenochtitlan (Mexico)
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Period: 1521 to 1544
Hapsburgs-Valois Wars
HRE vs. France; due to territory disputes -
1527
End of Renaissance
Spain sacks Rome -
1528
Castiglione Writes "Book of the Courtier"
a book on gentlemanly behavior -
1532
Pizarro Conquers Peru
brought back a lot of gold and silver -
Period: 1577 to 1580
Francis drake Sails Around the World
established English claims to west coast of North America -
Jamestown Founded
by England -
French Colonize Quebec
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New Netherlands and New Amsterdam Settled
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Plymouth Founded
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Massachusetts Bay Settled
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British Capture New Amsterdam
renamed it "New York" -
Medici Family Dies Out
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