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Period: Oct 16, 1300 to Oct 16, 1400
1300 - 1400
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Jan 16, 1305
1305 - Giotto completes his work on the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua.
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Feb 16, 1308
1308 - Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy.
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Mar 16, 1341
1341 - The first great humanist, Petrarch, is named the poet laureate of Rome.
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Mar 16, 1400
Early Renaissance
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Oct 16, 1419
Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral.
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Apr 16, 1434
The Medici family becomes the head of the city-state of Florence.
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May 16, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.
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Jun 16, 1453
- The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Constantinople, signaling an end to the Byzantine Empire.
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Aug 16, 1485
- Henry VII becomes king of England beginning the reign of the House of Tudor.
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Dec 16, 1486
Boticelli completes the painting The Birth of Venus.
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Nov 16, 1492
Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas.
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Oct 16, 1495
1495 - 1527 High Renaissance
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Oct 16, 1495
- Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper.
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Sep 16, 1496
- Lorenzo de Medici becomes head of the city-state of Florence. He is one of the great patrons of the arts.
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Aug 16, 1498
1498 - Vasco da Gama arrives in India after sailing around the southern tip of Africa from Portugal.
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May 16, 1501
Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David.
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Oct 16, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
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Oct 16, 1508
- Michelangelo begins his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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Oct 16, 1509
Henry VIII becomes king of England.
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Oct 16, 1509
Humanist author Erasmus writes Praise of Folly.
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Oct 16, 1511
Raphael paints his masterpiece The School of Athens.
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Oct 16, 1516
1516 - Sir Thomas More publishes his work Utopia on political philosophy.