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Lorenzo de' Medici was born on January 1st, 1449. He was born in Florence, or Republic of Florence at the time.
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On October 22nd, 1454, Gutenberg printed the first Bible. The first Bible was printed in Mainz, or present day Germany.
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On October 12, 1942, Columbus set foot in the Bahamas, also known as "The New World."
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David, is a 17 foot tall marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David. The David was a very favored subject in Florence.
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Leonardo started painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. Although the Louvre says Leonardo started painting in 1504 or 1505. There is a lot of speculation of when the Mona Lisa was started.
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Acting on his belief, he wrote "Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences," He wrote the 95 Thesis, a list of questions and propositions for debate. Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.
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The Prince is an extended analysis of how to acquire and maintain political power. It includes 26 chapters and an opening dedication to Lorenzo de Medici. The dedication declares Machiavelli's intention to discuss in plain language the conduct of great men and the principles of princely government.
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The Jesuit movement was founded by Ignatius de Loyola, a Spanish soldier turned priest, in August 1534. The first Jesuits–Ignatius and six of his students–took vows of poverty and chastity and made plans to work for the conversion of Muslims.
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"Institutes of the Christian Religion" is John Calvin's seminal work of Protestant systematic theology
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On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres was first offered as an alternative model of the universe to "Ptolemy's geocentric system" which had been widely accepted since ancient times.
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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Warwickshire is a landlocked country in the West Midlands region of England.
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The Galileo Thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying density. As the temperature changes, the individual floats rise or fall in proportion to their respective density and the density of the surrounding liquid.