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==== PEOPLE
** 0
Dante Alighieri
1265 0
1321 0
3 12
0 0
** 1
Robert Bruce
1274 0
1329 0
9 2
0 0
** 2
Tamerlane
1336 0
1405 0
Conqueror of Central Asia
uzbek5.bmp: Registan Sq, Samarkand
r: 1363
20 2
uzbek5.bmp
0 0
** 3
Chaucer
1341 0
1400 0
1 12
0 0
** 4
Richard Beauchamp
1381 0
1439 0
5th Earl of Warwick (castle shown in image)
1 2
warwick.bmp
0 0
** 5
Donatello
1386 1
1466 0
3 11
0 0
** 6
Andrea Mantegna
1431 0
1506 0
3 11
0 0
** 7
Ivan III, 'The Great'
1440 0
1505 0
reign began 1452. Defended Russia from the Mongol Golden Ho
8 2
ivaniii.bmp
0 0
** 8
Sandro Botticelli
1444 0
1510 0
Venus, Spring
3 11
0 0
** 9
Lorenzo de'Medici
1449 0
1492 0
'The Magnificent' Florentine ruler & art patron
3 2
lorenzo.bmp
0 0
** 10
Christopher Columbus
1451 0
1506 0
Opened the New World for colonization by Europe
3 4
0 0
** 11
Leonardo da Vinci
1452 0
1519 0
Model of the Renaissance man
3 11
0 0
** 12
Savonarola
1452 0
1498 0
Italian reformer & orator; executed for heresy
3 7
0 0
** 13
Henry VII
1457 0
1509 0
1 2
0 0
** 14
Paul III
1468 0
1549 0
Pope 1534-1549
3 7
0 0
** 15
Machiavelli
1469 0
1527 0
Author of "The Prince"
3 3
0 0
** 16
Albrecht Durer
1471 0
1528 0
German painter & engraver
5 11
0 0
** 17
Copernicus
1473 0
1543 0
20 6
0 0
** 18
Michelangelo
1475 0
1564 0
Sculptor & painter: David, Sistine Chapel
3 11
w-david.bmp
0 0
** 19
Leo X
1475 0
1521 0
Medici Pope & art patron
3 7
0 0
** 20
Thomas Wolsey
1475 0
1530 0
Cardinal
1 7
0 0
** 21
Sir Thomas More
1478 0
1535 0
English Chancellor and writer
1 1
0 0
** 22
Lucrezia Borgia
1480 0
1519 0
3 2
0 0
** 23
Raphael
1483 0
1520 0
3 11
0 0
** 24
Martin Luther
1483 0
1546 0
Founder of the Lutheran Church
5 7
0 0
** 25
Babur
1483 0
1530 0
First Mogul emperor; r. 1526
14 2
paint1.bmp
0 0
** 26
Rabelais
1483 0
1553 0
2 12
0 0
** 27
Titian
1487 0
1576 0
Venetian painter
3 11
0 0
** 28
Henry VIII
1491 0
1547 0
1 2
henry8.bmp
0 0
** 29
Correggio
1494 0
1534 0
3 11
0 0
** 30
Benvenuto Cellini
1500 0
1571 0
3 11
perseus.bmp
0 0
** 31
Gregory XIII
1502 0
1585 0
Pope; corrected the Julian calendar
3 7
0 0
** 32
John Calvin
1508 0
1564 0
Protestant Leader
20 7
0 0
** 33
Pieter Bruegel
1515 0
1569 0
Flemish painter
20 11
0 0
** 34
Tintoretto
1518 0
1594 0
Venetian mannerist painter
3 11
0 0
** 35
Cosimo de'Medici
1519 0
1574 0
"The Great"; Duke of Florence & Tuscany
3 2
night.bmp
0 0
** 36
Catherine de Medici
1519 0
1589 0
3 2
0 0
** 37
Philip II
1527 0
1598 0
King of Spain
3 11
0 0
** 38
Paolo Veronese
1528 0
1588 0
Venetian realist: 'Marriage at Cana' 1563
3 11
0 0
** 39
Humayun
1530 2
1556 0
Son of Babur. deposed 1540-1555 by Sher Shah, Afghan
14 2
paint1.bmp
0 0
** 40
Elizabeth I
1533 0
1603 0
Gloriana: Queen of England 1558-1603
1 2
0 0
** 41
El Greco
1541 0
1614 0
Spanish mannerist painter
4 11
0 0
** 42
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1542 0
1616 0
First Tokugawa Shogun
16 2
0 0
** 43
Akbar the Great
1542 0
1605 0
Mogul Emperor, master builder
14 2
paint2.bmp
0 0
** 44
Miguel Cervantes
1547 0
1616 0
Author of Don Quixote
4 12
0 0
** 45
Edward VI
1547 2
1553 0
1 2
0 0
** 46
Sir Walter Raleigh
1552 0
1618 0
Courtier, navigator, statesman; executed
1 4
0 0
** 47
Henry IV
1553 0
1610 0
French King, first of the Bourbons
2 2
0 0
** 48
Mary
1553 1
1558 0
1 2
0 0
** 49
Giovanni Gabrieli
1557 0
1612 0
3 10
0 0
** 50
Francis Bacon
1561 0
1626 0
1 6
0 0
** 51
William Shakespeare
1564 0
1616 0
Playwright & poet
1 12
0 0
** 52
Galileo
1564 0
1642 0
Astronomer & scientist
3 6
0 0
** 53
Christopher Marlowe
1564 0
1593 0
1 12
0 0
** 54
James I
1566 0
1625 0
King of England 1603-1625
1 2
0 0
** 55
Claudio Monteverdi
1567 0
1643 0
3 10
0 0
** 56
Johannes Kepler
1571 0
1610 0
Astronomer
20 6
0 0
** 57
Peter Paul Rubens
1577 0
1640 0
Flemish baroque painter
20 11
0 0
** 58
Shah Jehan
1592 0
1666 1
Mogul emperor (1628-58), built the Taj Mahal
paint1.bmp
14 2
w-taj2.bmp
0 0
** 59
Gustavus Adolphus
1594 0
1632 0
King of Sweden
20 2
0 0
** 60
Rene Descartes
1596 0
1650 0
2 3
0 0
** 61
Oliver Cromwell
1599 0
1658 0
Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth
1 2
0 0
** 62
Charles I
1600 0
1649 0
King of England ; beheaded for treason
1 2
0 0
** 63
Jehangir
1605 2
1627 0
14 2
paint1.bmp
0 0
** 64
Rembrandt van Rijn
1607 0
1669 0
Dutch Baroque painter
20 11
0 0
** 65
John Milton
1608 0
1674 0
English poet
1 12
0 0
** 68
Louis XIII
1610 2
1643 2
2 2
0 0
+++ EVENTS
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Florence Duomo
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1436 0
Florence Cathedral; Dome by Brunneleschi (1420-36)
6 6 6
w-duomo2.bmp
0 0
++1
Babylonian Captivity
1305 0
1378 0
Removal of Papacy to Avignon, France
4 8 2
a1328eu.bmp
0 0
++2
Arena Chapel frescoes
1305 0
1305 0
Giotto
7 6 6
0 0
++3
Viscontis
1312 1
1447 0
Viscontis rule Milan
2 6 6
0 0
++4
Bannockburn
1314 0
1314 0
1 1 1
0 0
++5
Tughluk Dynasty
1320 0
1413 0
Founded by Ghidyas-ud-din
2 3 12
0 0
++6
Tenochtitlan
1325 1
1325 0
Foundation of the Aztec capital
2 10 10
aztec2.bmp
0 0
++7
100 Years Wars
1337 0
1453 0
1 1 2
0 0
++8
Black Death
1345 1
1349 1
3 7 15
0 0
++9
Ming Dynasty
1368 0
1644 0
Founded by Yuan-chang
2 11 11
0 0
++10
Great Schism
1378 0
1417 0
Western Church divided. Ends with Council of Constance
4 6 8
0 0
++11
Kosovo Polje
1389 0
1389 0
Defeat of Serbian army of Prince Lazar leads to 500 years of
1 7 3
a1382eu.bmp
0 0
++12
Baptistry doors
1403 0
1424 0
Ghiberti, North doors
8 6 6
baptist.bmp
0 0
++13
Angkor sacked
1431 0
1432 0
Angkor Wat sacked by Thais and abandoned
10 16 16
0 0
++14
Medicis
1434 1
1494 0
Medicis dominate Florence
2 6 6
lorenzo.bmp
0 0
++15
Sforzas
1450 0
1500 0
Sforzas rule Milan
2 6 6
0 0
++16
Wars of the Roses
1450 1
1550 1
1 1 1
0 0
++17
Constantinople falls
1453 0
1453 0
Ottoman siege conquers the Eastern Empire
1 3 7
a1470eu.bmp
0 0
++18
Plato translated
1463 0
1463 0
into Latin by Ficino; published 1484
12 6 6
0 0
++19
Spanish Inquisition
1478 0
1478 0
4 4 8
inquis1.bmp
0 0
++20
Sistine Chapel wall frescos
1480 0
1485 0
by Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio
7 8 6
0 0
++21
New World
1492 0
1492 0
Columbus arrives in the Americas
5 4 10
0 0
++22
Charles VIII invades Italy
1494 0
1494 0
Charles VIII of France, attacks Florence
1 2 6
0 0
++23
Last Supper
1495 0
1498 0
da Vinci
7 6 6
0 0
++24
Pieta
1498 0
1498 0
Michelangelo
8 6 6
0 0
++25
David
1501 0
1504 0
Michelangelo
8 6 6
w-david.bmp
0 0
++26
Sistine ceiling
1508 0
1512 0
Michelangelo
7 6 6
0 0
++27
Vatican stanza
1510 0
1514 0
Raphael
7 8 6
0 0
++28
Magellan
1519 0
1519 0
Magellan crosses the Pacific
5 4 10
0 0
++29
Aztecs destroyed
1519 0
1519 0
Cortez begins conquest of the Aztec Empire
1 4 10
aztec2.bmp
0 0
++30
Reformation
1521 0
1521 0
Martin Luther outlawed -- Protestantism begins
4 5 8
a1530eu.bmp
0 0
++31
Rhodes captured
1522 0
1522 0
Turks capture Rhodes
1 3 7
0 0
++32
Mohacs
1526 0
1526 0
Ottoman Turks overrun Hungary
1 3 7
a1530eu.bmp
0 0
++33
1st English Bible
1526 0
1526 0
Tyndale publishes the first English Bible
4 1 1
0 0
++34
Mogul Empire begins
1526 0
1526 0
Babur invades India to start the Mogul Empire
paint1.bmp
1 12 12
0 0
++35
Reformation Parliament
1529 0
1536 1
2 1 8
0 0
++36
Lisbon Earthquake
1531 0
1531 0
Large quake kills 30,000
20 4 4
0 0
++37
Inca Empire
1532 0
1532 0
Pizarro begins conquest of Peru
1 4 10
machu2.bmp
0 0
++38
The Prince
1532 0
1532 0
Machiavelli (written in 1513)
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0 0
++39
Henry VIII & Rome
1534 0
1534 0
Henry VIII breaks with the Roman Church
4 1 8
henry8.bmp
0 0
++40
Jesuits established
1534 0
1540 0
Ignatius Loyola founds the Jesuits in Spain
4 8 4
0 0
++41
Last Judgement
1536 1
1541 0
Michelangelo
7 8 6
0 0
++42
Campodoglio remodeled
1538 0
1564 0
6 6 6
0 0
++43
Europeans in Japan
1542 0
1542 0
First European visitors to Japan
5 13 4
0 0
++44
Heliocentrism
1543 0
1543 0
Copernicus proclaims his view of the solar sys
11 5 5
0 0
++45
Council of Trent
1545 0
1563 0
Undertakes reform of abuses and definition of doctrines of R
6 8 6
0 0
++46
St. Peter's remodeled
1546 1
1564 0
6 6 6
0 0
++47
Shensi Earthquake
1556 0
1556 0
One of the worst recorded -- over 800,000 dead
20 11 11
0 0
++48
Dome of St. Peter's
1558 0
1561 0
Michelangelo
6 8 6
0 0
++49
Uffizi
1560 1
1580 0
Vasari
6 6 6
0 0
++50
Wars of Religion
1562 0
1599 0
In France
4 2 5
a1570eu.bmp
0 0
++51
Lepanto
1571 0
1571 0
End of Turkish seapower in central Medit.
1 6 3
lepanto.bmp
0 0
++52
Spanish Armada
1588 0
1588 0
English fleet and storms stop Philip's invasion
1 1 4
0 0
++53
Edict of Nantes
1598 0
1598 0
By Henry IV of France - end of religious wars
4 2 2
0 0
++54
Jamestown
1607 0
1607 0
First English colony in America
5 1 10
0 0
++55
Shogun
1609 0
1609 0
Beginning of the Tkugawa shogunate in Japan
2 13 13
0 0
++56
Dutch Republic
1609 0
1609 0
2 9 4
0 0
++57
King James Bible
1611 0
1611 0
First edition completed
4 1 1
0 0
++58
30 Years War
1618 0
1648 0
Start of the 30 Years War
4 5 2
0 0
++59
Mayflower
1620 0
1620 0
Puritans land in New England
5 1 10
0 0
++60
New Amsterdam
1625 0
1625 0
Dutch settle in the new world
5 9 10
0 0
++61
Quakers
1647 0
1647 0
George Fox founds the Society of Friends
4 1 1
0 0
++62
Peace of Westphalia
1648 0
1648 0
End of the 30 Years War
4 5 2
0 0
++63
Execution of Charles
1649 0
1649 0
Republic declared
2 1 1
0 0
=== FACTIONS
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English
2
-2
French
5
-3
Italian
6
-4
Spanish
3
-5
German
7
-6
Papacy
7
-7
Dutch
7
-8
Russia
7
-9
Scottish
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.
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.
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.
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New World
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-14
Indian
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-15
Chinese
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Japanese
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Other
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=== OCCUPATIONS
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Statesman
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Ruler
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Philosopher
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Explorer
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Military
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Scientist
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Religious
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Composer
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Artist
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Poet/Author
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=== GROUPS
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Military
5
-2
Political
6
-3
Economic
3
-4
Religious
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-5
Exploration
3
-6
Architecture
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Painting
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Sculpture
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Other cultural
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Scientific
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Literature
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Other
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=== NATIONS
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England
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France
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Ottoman/ Turkish
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Spain/Portugal
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Germany
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Italy
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Eastern Europe
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Papacy
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Netherlands
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-10
Americas
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China
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India
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Japan
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Russia
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Western Europe
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Southeast Asia
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