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1455 - 1485
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The House of Lancaster used a red rose for their coat of arms. The House of York used a white rose for their royal emblem. Henry Tudor from the House of Lancaster married a lady from the House of York; and united the two enemies.
1464
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Cosimo was a famous artist in Florance. Cosimo and his family ruled for nearly 300 years. Cosimo was exteremly famous when he was still alive. He kept a basket of mney in his office so his friends could come in and take as much money as they needed.
1469
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Ferdinand gave his wife Isabella a pearl and ruby necklace that belonged to his mother. Ferdinand and Isabella sponsered Columbus on his trip to The Americas.
1469
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The Spanish Inquisition is what Ferdinand and Isebella started to get rid of anyone in Spain that was not Catholic. Isabella sold her special necklace to make this happen. The Spanish Inquisition was led by Tomas de Torquemada, Isabella's chilhood preist.
1480
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Ivan was the prince of Muscovy (Moscow was not a city yet). His country was being ruled by the Golden Horde. He was the least bit impressed with them and their golden tents, armor, ships, etc. He wanted to free Russia ( which was not its own country yet) from their harsh rule. That is exactly what he did.
1492
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In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That is a good way to remember the date he sailed. As you might know already, Ferdinand and Isabella sponsered his trip(s) to the Americas. they were really hoping for him to go to China, Isreal, and many more countrys they knew about. They did not know about the Americas yet. It was not on any maps. Nobody had known about the Americas until Christopher went to Cuba and South America.
1492
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Lorenzo was the only person in the Renaissance to be called "Magnificent. He was the grandson of Cosimo de' Medici. Like his grandfather, he loved to paint.
1493 - 1502
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Cristobal Colon returned from his first voyage with "Indians." He called them Indians because he thought he was in India. He went west instead of east to find a "shortcut."
1498
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During his exicution Savanarola was stripped, hung, stoned,burned, then his ashes were thrown into river. All these horrible things happened to him while he was preaching to the people of Forence and the pope lied about him.
1500 - 1600
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1506/Portugul/Jew massacured by zealous monks
1514/Morrocco/Escaping Jews from Portugul are given shelter
1535/Tunis/Jewish community destroyed
1523/India/Jewish community destroyed
1501
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The Safavid Empire of Persia was made in Persia (of course). It was started by Ismial first.
1503
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Leonardo da Vinci was very young when he painted the Mona Lisa. He added every detail he needed. There is only one left in the world. It is in Spain behind a bulletproof window.
1508
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Even though Michaelangelo hated painting, he painted the amazing ceiling of the sistine chapel. You can look at the amazing works by by Michaelangelo by going to http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/sistine-chapel-michelangelo-paintings1.htm
1511
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Eramus translated the Bible to the language of the people in his country. While doing that he also wrote a book called "In Praise of Folly."
1513
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Niccolo Machiavelli was evil. He was not nice to anybody.
1514
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Raphael was a wonderful painter. He was blamed by Michealangelo that he copied his work
1517
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Martin Luther posted his "Ninety-five Theses" on the doors of All Saints' church in Wittenburg, Germany. He became a monk when he was hit by lightning the day before.
1519 - 1522
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Ferdinand Magellan sailed ALL the way around the world and survived.
1521
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1522
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Suleiman and the Ottoman Turks were evil. They did not believe in God. They were all catholics.
1523
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Ulrich Zwingli was one of ten children in his family. He was very smart. He was also very evil. He killed thousonds of people.
1529
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Henry VIII had eight wives, did not like one, killed six, and had only three children. He had been alone for a long time. He did not live a long and happy life.
1529
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Sir Thomas More was a good friend of Erasmus. He worked in the court room of King Henry VIII. He was wrongly executed by him.
1530
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Titian was an exteremly famous portrait painter. Titian was invited to be a court painter. He was very good at painting and painted whenever he wanted.
1533
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Ivan the terrible was the grandson of Ivan the great. Ivan the terrible was a tsar just like his grand father. He was not nice to anybody. He hit his daughter so hard with a spear he killed his only grandchild, a baby girl.
1533
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John Calvin's most popular nickname was "Young Calvin." He taught in Geneva,Italy. He was not apriciated for a little while then the people of the city wanted him again.
1536
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William Tyndale wrote the the New Testement in English.
1543
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Nicolaus Copernicus was a polish asronimer who LOVED math and of course, astronomy.
1550
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Bartolome de Las Casas tried very very hard to end slavery. Bartolome de Las Casas saw slaves as people, not cheap labor.
1553
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Mary Tudor was the second child of Henry VIII. Mary Tudor was known as Bloody Mary beacause she killed at least 300 people. Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII. She is also the granduaghter of Ferdinand and Isabella the king and queen of spain. Mary did not have a good life as a child. She was never able to go and see her mother Cathrine. She was welcomed in the palace court room by her fathers other wives.
1558 - 1603
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Elizabeth I was the third child of Henry VIII and only daughter of Anne Boylen. Her step-sibilings were Edward and Mary Tudor ("Bloody Mary"). When Elizabeth was only 2 years old she had to watch her mother die.
1561 - 02/08/1587
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Mary liked dancing, horseback riding, and the outdoors. Francis, the child of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II married 16 year old Mary at the cathedral of Notre-Dame in 1558. After death, Mary's small terrier never ate again, for the poor dog was in Mary's dress the same time as the exicuton.
1562
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Jeanne D’Albret who was wise and remarkably intelligent always favored scholars and had an affinity for literature. In her youth, she was “of a rather passionate nature” and took lessons from a then famous Latin poet, who became her mentor. He enjoyed having conversations with Jeanne, to strengthen her spirit, the mentor used to tell her about daring ventures, he also instructed Jeanne in Latin and Greek.
1572
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Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler were partners in science but they were not friends. The reason they were not friends is because Brahe used books when they studied stars, and, Kepler used the stars to study them. 1 year after they were partners Kepler died. Most people think it was of a bladder infection but
it was because of his mercury based medician he used when he did have a bladder infection.
08/24/1572 - 1598
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In Paris France, a massacre against Huguenots started August 24, 1572,coinciding with the feast day of St. Bartholomew.
1577
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Sir Frances Drake was a person who worked for the king in his country. He is called "Sir" Frances Drake because he is well appreciated in his kingdom.
1581
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Willam the Silent was a very quiet person. He did not talk alot.
1584
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Sir Walter Raleigh was a coutear in the court room of the queen and when they were out for a walk one day, they came across a giant mud puddle. Sir Walter Raleigh threw down his elegant coat and it was ruined. the best part was that the queen's feet stayed dry.
1588
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The Spanish Armada was an army. It was deafeated by England's army.
1592
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1592
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Willam Shakespeare was a very good play writer. He wrote many plays including a romance called, "Romeo and Juliet."
1603 - 1867
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1605
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The Australian Aborines are the Native people of Australia.
1605
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While Cervantes was in prison he wrote Don Quixote.
1605
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1608 - 1611
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Samuel de Champlain was balanced. He had a good mind for trade, geogrophy, exploration, navigation, and realating to Native Americans. He arrived in Quebec in 1608. He sourrounded buildings with 15-foot-wide moat. Only 9/28 people survived the 1st winter beacause of; scurvy, small pox, and the bitter cold.
1614
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Pocahontas was a beautiful young indian girl. she maried a man named John Ralph.
1618 - 1648
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Started in Bohemia.
Spred to Denmark.
Next it went to Sweden.
After that it went to France.
Then it went to
1620
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The pilgrams were people who went everywhere trying to find a place where they could freely worship God.
1621
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Squanto was an Indian of the Pauxet tribe. When the white men come to trade with them, Squanto meets Charells Robbinson, the white boy who speaks little of the indian languge. Squanto goes with Charells on their trip back to England.
1628
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1630
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John Winthrop was a friend of Thomas Hooker. They had alot in ncommon. They only argued about one thing.
1632
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Galileo Galilei invented the microscope.
1634
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His full name was Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn.
1st wife was named Saskia.
2nd wife named Hendrickje.
Painted his wives and son but never his own daughter because she only brought sadness to him.
Rembrandt's father added Van Rijn or "of theRhine" to their family name.
1639
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The archbishhop of Canterbury was chasing Tomas Hooker that is one of the few reasons that Thomas fled to the Netherlands and from the Netherlands to the New World. He was born in Leiden, Holland.
1641
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