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1403
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Lorenzo Ghiberti wins competition to design doors of Florence Baptistery
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1416
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Lorenzo Ghiberti creates three bronze statues for the Orsan Michele, Florence.
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1417
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Lorenzo Ghiberti sculpts reliefs for Siena Cathedral
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1418
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Medicis hire Brunelleschi to rebuild San Lorenzo in Florence
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1425
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Lorenzo Ghiberti creates the Gates of Paradise for the Florence Baptistery.
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1432
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Donatello studies classical art in Rome
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1432
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The Annunciation altarpiece in Cortona by Fra Angelico
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1436
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Brunelleschi completes revolutionary dome of Florence Cathedral
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1447
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Lorenzo Ghiberti completes I Commentarii, three books of commentaries on the history of art from antiquity to his own time, including an autobiography.
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1450
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Fra Angelico paints The Annunciation at San Marco, Florence
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1452
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The Legend of the True Cross fresco by Piero della Francesca
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1467
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Leonardo da Vinci becomes apprentice artist under Verrocchio in Florence
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1469
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Lorenzo Medici comes to power in Florence
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1482
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Leonardo da Vinci moves to Milan
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1483
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Leonardo da Vinci paints the Virgin of the Rocks
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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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1495
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Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper
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1498
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Leonardo paints the ceiling of the Sala delle Asse in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan.
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23 May 1498
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Savonarola executed in Florence
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1503
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Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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8 Jun 1504
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Michelangelo's David installed outside the Palazzo Vecchio
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1506
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Reconstruction of St. Peter's Basilica begins under Pope Julius II
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1507
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Leonardo da Vinci helps sculptor Giovanni Francesco Rustici create his bronze statues for the Florence Baptistery.
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3 Apr 1507
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Martin Luther ordained a priest in Erfurt
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1508
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Leonardo da Vinci paints second version of The Virgin of the Rocks
