Set: European History Dates #1

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1302 Pope Boniface VIII issues the bull Unam Sanctum
1305-1378 The popes reside in Avignon during the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy
1347 The Black Death sweeps through Italy
1356 The Golden Bull establishes a system for the election of the Holy Roman emperor
1378-1417 During the Great Schism, there are two, and even three, rival claimants to the papacy
1415 John Hus is burned at the stake
1417 The election of Pope Martin V ends the Great Schism
1453 The Hundred Years' War ends
1455-1485 England is torn by the Wars of the Roses
1461 Louis XI becomes king of France
1469 Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile
1485 Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England
1492 The Spanish government orders the country's Jews either to convert to Christianity or leave
1519 Charles V becomes Holy Roman emperor
1556 Charles V begins the process of abdication
c. 1304 Giotto begins work on his frescoes in the Arena Chapel in Padua
1348-1353 Giovanni Boccaccio writes the Decameron
1378 Gian Galeazzo Visconti becomes the ruler of Milan
1425 Masaccio paints 'The Holy Trinity'
1434 Cosimo de' Medici becomes the ruler of Florence
1450 Francesco Sforza becomes the ruler of Milan
1469 Lorenzo de' Medici becomes the ruler of Florence
1480 Ludovico il Moro becomes the ruler of Milan
c. 1480 Sandro Botticelli paints 'The Birth of Venus'
c. 1485 Giovanni Bellini paints 'St. Francis in Ecstasy'
1494 Savonarola takes power in Florence
c. 1495-1498 Leonardo da Vinci paints the 'The Last Supper'
1501-1504 Michelangelo completes his statue of 'David'
c. 1502 Leonardo da Vinci paints the 'Mona Lisa'
c. 1505 Giorgione paints the 'Tempesta'
1508-1512 Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
1510-1511 Raphael paints 'The School of Athens'
1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes 'The Prince'
1518 Baldassare Castiglione wrties 'The Book of the Courtier'
1548 Tintoretto paints 'The Miracle of St. Mark'
1558-1562 Benvenuto Cellini writes his autobiography.

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Terms 36
Creator Charlemagne
Created August 16, 2008
Groups None
Subject european history
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Dates from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

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  1. 1548 → Tintoretto paints 'The Miracle of St. Mark' - 14 misses
  2. c. 1485 → Giovanni Bellini paints 'St. Francis in Ecstasy' - 12 misses
  3. 1348-1353 → Giovanni Boccaccio writes the Decameron - 9 misses
  4. 1518 → Baldassare Castiglione wrties 'The Book of the Courtier' - 8 misses
  5. 1425 → Masaccio paints 'The Holy Trinity' - 8 misses
  6. c. 1505 → Giorgione paints the 'Tempesta' - 8 misses
  7. c. 1480 → Sandro Botticelli paints 'The Birth of Venus' - 8 misses