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Period: Mar 9, 1300 to
THE RENAISSANCE
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Apr 12, 1401
Contest for new doors on catherdral are held.
The wool manufacturers' guild held a contest to who could create the best doors. 23 year old goldsmith Lorenzo Ghiberti wins. -
Mar 9, 1436
Brunelleschi completed his dome
Brunelleschi, an architect, completed his 370 foot dome, that hadn't been made since the Roman times. -
Mar 10, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci creates the Mona Lisa
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May 13, 1512
Michelangelo completed his painting of the Sistine Chapel.
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Jun 3, 1513
Machiavelli writes a book of advice to rules
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book of advice to rulers stating that to succeed in the world you have to be as strong as a lion and as shrewd as a fox. -
William Gilbert tries to map the surface markings on the moon.
Astronomer William Gilbert tries to prove his theory of magnetism, and that the motion of the skies were due to Earth's rotation. -
Galileo Galilei created a new telescope
Galileo Galilei created a telescope with 30x magnification, and with it, he could observe starts and planets. -
William Harvey publishes his book on the circulation of the blood.
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Robert Hooke writes the book "MIcrographia"
Robert Hooke writes the book "MIcrographia" about his microscopic and telescopic observations. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek creates a microscope..
Lens grinder, Anton van Leeuwenhoek has a microscope so powerful he could see microorganisms
