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475
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The first baptistery of Florence is constructed in the 5th or early 6th century next to the ancient cathedral. It is smaller than the present baptistery but similar in form and in the same location.
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1050
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Florence Baptistery is reconstructed
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1345
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The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in Florence is rebuilt after a flood, probably by the Giottesque painter Taddeo Gaddi.
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1402
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Lorenzo Ghiberti creates the north doors of the Florence Baptistery.
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1403
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Lorenzo Ghiberti wins competition to design doors of Florence Baptistery
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1436
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Brunelleschi completes revolutionary dome of Florence Cathedral
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1 Dec 1455
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Death of Lorenzo Ghiberti
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1467
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Leonardo da Vinci becomes apprentice artist under Verrocchio in Florence
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1490
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Michelangelo working as apprentice sculptor and living at the Medici palace in Florence
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23 May 1498
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Savonarola executed in Florence
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13 Sep 1501
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Michelangelo sculpts the David in Florence
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1593
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Grand Duke Ferdinando I decrees that the Ponte Vecchio should be occupied by goldsmiths and silversmiths in place of the current butchers and grocers.
