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Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo Medici is born
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Jan 1, 1450
Johann Gutenberg prints the first bible.
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Feb 6, 1478
The Spanish Inquisition is introduced.
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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers the new world.
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May 6, 1497
Vasco da Gama sails to India.
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Jan 7, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
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Apr 9, 1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David.
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Sep 27, 1513
Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
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Jan 5, 1514
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
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Jan 10, 1516
Thomas Moore writes Utopia
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses on the church doors.
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Apr 6, 1520
Raphael paints the Transfiguration.
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May 9, 1534
King Henry VIII begins protestant Anglican Church
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May 19, 1534
John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion.
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Aug 14, 1534
Founding of the society of Jesus by Ignatius of Loyola
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Nov 7, 1558
Queen Elizabeth I begins rule in England
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Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare is born.
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Walter Raleigh tries to establish Roanoke
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King Phillip II assembles the Spanish Armada.
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Galileo invents the thermometer.
