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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 . 7 -16 . 7 -17 . 7 -18 . 7 -19 . 7 -20 . 7 === 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 . 7 -18 . 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 . 7 -15 . 7 -16 . 7 -17 . 7 -18 . 7 -19 . 7 -20 Other 7