Software of the Month Club 1994 December/SOFM_Dec1994.bin/pc/sri/kids/history/chronos/renaiss.ch1

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46 -- Number of people in file
30 -- Number of events in file
=== PEOPLE
-1
Sandro Botticelli
1444 0
1510 0
Venus, Spring

3
11
-2
Lorenzo de'Medici
1449 0
1492 0
'The Magnificent' Florentine ruler & art patron

3
2
-3
Christopher Columbus
1451 0
1506 0
Opened the New World for colonization by Europe

3
4
-4
Leonardo da Vinci
1452 0
1519 0
Model of the Renaissance man

3
11
-5
Savonarola
1452 0
1498 0
Italian reformer & orator; executed for heresy

3
7
-6
Henry VII
1457 0
1509 0


1
2
-7
Paul III
1468 0
1549 0
Pope 1534-1549

3
7
-8
Machiavelli
1469 0
1527 0
Author of "The Prince"

3
3
-9
Albrecht Durer
1471 0
1528 0
German painter & engraver

5
11
-10
Michelangelo
1475 0
1564 0
Sculptor & painter: David, Sistine Chapel

3
11
-11
Leo X
1475 0
1521 0
Medici Pope & art patron

3
7
-12
Sir Thomas More
1478 0
1535 0
English Chancellor and writer

1
1
-13
Raphael
1483 0
1520 0


3
11
-14
Martin Luther
1483 0
1546 0
Founder of the Lutheran Church

5
7
-15
Baber
1483 0
1530 0
First Mogul emperor

14
2
-16
Titian
1487 0
1576 0
Venetian painter

3
11
-17
Henry VIII
1491 0
1547 0


1
2
-18
Correggio
1494 0
1534 0


3
11
-19
Benvenuto Cellini
1500 0
1571 0


3
11
-20
Gregory XIII
1502 0
1585 0
Pope; corrected the Julian calendar

3
7
-21
John Calvin
1508 0
1564 0
Protestant Leader

20
7
-22
Pieter Bruegel
1515 0
1569 0
Flemish painter

20
11
-23
Tintoretto
1518 0
1594 0
Venetian mannerist painter

3
11
-24
Cosimo de'Medici
1519 0
1574 0
"The Great"; Duke of Florence & Tuscany

3
2
-25
Philip II
1527 0
1598 0
King of Spain

3
11
-26
Paolo Veronese
1528 0
1588 0
Venetian realist: 'Marriage at Cana' 1563

3
11
-27
Elizabeth I
1533 0
1603 0
Gloriana: Queen of England 1558-1603

1
2
-28
El Greco
1541 0
1614 0
Spanish mannerist painter

4
11
-29
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1542 0
1616 0
First Tokugawa Shogun

16
2
-30
Akbar the Great
1542 0
1605 0
Mogul Emperor, master builder

14
2
-31
Miguel Cervantes
1547 0
1616 0
Author of Don Quixote

4
12
-32
Sir Walter Raleigh
1552 0
1618 0
Courtier, navigator, statesman;  executed

1
4
-33
Henry IV
1553 0
1610 0
French King, first of the Bourbons

2
2
-34
Francis Bacon
1561 0
1626 0


1
6
-35
William Shakespeare
1564 0
1616 0
Playwright & poet

1
12
-36
Galileo
1564 0
1642 0
Astronomer & scientist

3
6
-37
James I
1566 0
1625 0
King of England 1603-1625

1
2
-38
Johannes Kepler
1571 0
1610 0
Astronomer

20
6
-39
Peter Paul Rubens
1577 0
1640 0
Flemish baroque painter

20
11
-40
Shah Jehan
1592 0
1666 0
Mogul emperor (1628-58), built the Taj Mahal

14
2
-41
Gustavus Adolphus
1594 0
1632 0
King of Sweden

20
2
-42
Rene Descartes
1596 0
1650 0


2
3
-43
Oliver Cromwell
1599 0
1658 0
Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth

1
2
-44
Charles I
1600 0
1649 0
King of England ; beheaded for treason

1
2
-45
Rembrandt van Rijn
1607 0
1669 0
Dutch Baroque painter

20
11
-46
John Milton
1608 0
1674 0
English poet

1
12
=== EVENTS
-1
Constantinople falls
1453 0
1453 0
Ottoman siege conquers the Eastern Empire

1
3
7
-2
Spanish Inquisition
1478 0
1478 0


4
4
8
-3
New World
1492 0
1492 0
Columbus arrives in the Americas

5
4
10
-4
Magellan
1519 0
1519 0
Magellan crosses the Pacific

5
4
10
-5
Aztecs destroyed
1519 0
1519 0
Cortez begins conquest of the Aztec Empire

1
4
10
-6
Reformation
1521 0
1521 0
Martin Luther outlawed -- Protestantism begins

4
5
8
-7
Mohacs
1526 0
1526 0
Ottoman Turks overrun Hungary

1
3
7
-8
1st English Bible
1526 0
1526 0
Tyndale publishes the first English Bible

4
1
1
-9
Mogul Empire begins
1526 0
1526 0
Babur invades India to start the Mogul Empire

1
12
12
-10
Lisbon Earthquake
1531 0
1531 0
Large quake kills 30,000

20
4
4
-11
Inca Empire
1532 0
1532 0
Pizarro begins conquest of Peru

1
4
10
-12
Henry VIII & Rome
1534 0
1534 0
Henry VIII breaks with the Roman Church

4
1
8
-13
Jesuits established
1534 0
1534 0
Ignatius Loyola founds the Jesuits in Spain

4
8
4
-14
Europeans in Japan
1542 0
1542 0
First European visitors to Japan

5
13
4
-15
Heliocentrism
1543 0
1543 0
Copernicus proclaims his view of the solar sys

11
5
5
-16
Shensi Earthquake
1556 0
1556 0
One of the worst recorded -- over 800,000 dead

20
11
11
-17
Wars of Religion
1562 0
1562 0
In France (to 1599)

4
2
5
-18
Lepanto
1571 0
1571 0
End of Turkish seapower in central Medit.

1
6
3
-19
Spanish Armada
1588 0
1588 0
English fleet and storms stop Philip's invasion

1
1
4
-20
Edict of Nantes
1598 0
1598 0
By Henry IV of France - end of religious wars

4
2
2
-21
Jamestown
1607 0
1607 0
First English colony in America

5
1
10
-22
Shogun
1609 0
1609 0
Beginning of the Tkugawa shogunate in Japan

2
13
13
-23
Dutch Republic
1609 0
1609 0


2
9
4
-24
King James Bible
1611 0
1611 0
First edition completed

4
1
1
-25
30 Years War
1618 0
1648 0
Start of the 30 Years War

4
5
2
-26
Mayflower
1620 0
1620 0
Puritans land in New England

5
1
10
-27
New Amsterdam
1625 0
1625 0
Dutch settle in the new world

5
9
10
-28
Quakers
1647 0
1647 0
George Fox founds the Society of Friends

4
1
1
-29
Peace of Westphalia
1648 0
1648 0
End of the 30 Years War

4
5
2
-30
Execution of Charles
1649 0
1649 0
Republic declared

2
1
1
=== FACTIONS
-1
English
2
-2
French
5
-3
Italian
6
-4
Spanish
3
-5
German
7
-6
Papacy
7
-7

7
-8

7
-9

7
-10
.
7
-11
.
7
-12
.
7
-13
New World
7
-14
Indian
7
-15
Chinese
7
-16
Japanese
7
-17
.
7
-18
.
7
-19
.
7
-20
Other
7
=== OCCUPATIONS
-1
Statesman
7
-2
Ruler
7
-3
Philosopher
7
-4
Explorer
7
-5
Military
7
-6
Scientist
7
-7
Religious
7
-8
.
7
-9
.
7
-10
Composer
7
-11
Artist
7
-12
Poet/Author
7
-13
.
7
-14
.
7
-15
.
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-16
.
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.
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-18
.
7
-19
.
7
-20
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=== GROUPS
-1
Military
5
-2
Political
6
-3
Economic
3
-4
Religious
2
-5
Exploration
3
-6

7
-7

7
-8

7
-9

7
-10
Cultural
7
-11
Scientific
7
-12
Literature
7
-13
.
7
-14
.
7
-15
.
7
-16
.
7
-17
.
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-18
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7
-19
.
7
-20
Other
7
=== NATIONS
-1
England
7
-2
France
7
-3
Ottoman Empire
7
-4
Spain/Portugal
7
-5
Germany
7
-6
Italy
7
-7
Eastern Europe
7
-8
Papacy
7
-9
Netherlands
7
-10
Americas
7
-11
China
7
-12
India
7
-13
Japan
7
-14
.
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-15
.
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-16
.
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.
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-18
.
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-19
.
7
-20
Other
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