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The French king forces the church to move to Avignon
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The Medici bank is founded, it became the largest bank in Europe and made their family extremely wealthy
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The Medici family funds Filippo Brunelleschi to rebuild The Basilica of San Lorenzo and was finished in 1461
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The printing press is created by Johannes Gutenberg, allowing books to become a part of daily life in the Renaissance
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van Eyck dies at age 51 in Bruges, Belgium, having creating many works of art
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For children, daily life was very different than whet children experience today. Peasant children were expected to work and act as adults. while wealthy children were treated with care and love and got to enjoy a fun childhood.
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As the Renaissance begins people are sorted into social classes depending on your job, money, or government power, this is how your daily life was decided
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Better known as Donatello, he dies at age 80 in Florence, Italy
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Leonardo da Vinci dies at age 67, having made many famous artworks and many other inventions, in Amboise, France
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Better known as Raphael, dies at the young age of 37 years old in Rome, Italy
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Michelangelo dies at age 88 in Rome, Italy
