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| 1401: Ghiberti lands commission for Baptistry doors 1402: Giovanni di Bicci elected Prior of Florence for first time Baldassare Cossa made a Cardinal 1404: Donatello begins working for Ghiberti 1406: Filippo Lippi born 1410: Baladassare Cossa elected Pope John XXIII with the financial help of the Medici 1412: Medici family made official Papal bankers 1415: Henry V of England wins famous battle of Agincourt Jan Hus questions the authority of multiple claimants to papacy and is burned at the stake. Baldassare Cossa deposed from papacy, flees to Florence 1416: Piero de'Medici born 1418: Brunelleschi, the Renaissance's premiere engineer, starts work on Church of San Lorenzo 1419: Brunelleschi begins work on Ospedale degli Innocenti Donatello unveils tomb of Baldassare Cossa Baldassare Cossa, the Pope who fled, dies in Florence 1420: Brunelleschi commissioned to erect the dome of Florence Cathedral 1421: Giovanni di Bicci elected Gonfaloniere, head of state in Florence 1424: Goldsmith and artist, Ghiberti's first set of baptistry doors unveiled 1425: Ghiberti starts his second set of baptistry doors 1427: Medici list 31 family branches in city tax return 1429: Giovanni di Bicci dies Led by Albizzi, Florence declares war on Lucca Brunelleschi unveils tomb of Giovanni di Bicci, San Lorenzo 1430: Plague in Florence 1433: Disastrous war with Lucca ends in defeat for Florence. Cosimo de'Medici banished from Florence by the Albizzi family: a public vote banishes him for 10 years 1434: The Albizzi family collapse after making war against Duke of Milan Pope Eugenius IV demands Cosimo return from exile 1436: Brunelleschi's dome complete 1437: Cosimo opens world's first public library at San Marco 1439: Council of Florence: leads to a temporary union of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches 1440: Florentine victory over Milan at Battle of Anghiari. 1445: Botticelli born 1446: Donatello unveils David Brunelleschi dies 1449: Lorenzo de'Medici born 1450: Cosimo's friend, Francesco Sforza, becomes Duke of Milan Johannes Gutenburg publishes the first printed book - the Bible Go to: Giovanni | Lorenzo | Medici Popes | Cosimo I | Ferdinando II | The Last of the Medici |
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Giovanni's Era: 1360-1400
Cosimo's Era: 1401 - 1450
Lorenzo's Era: 1452 - 1498
Medici Popes' Era: 1501 - 1534
Cosimo I's Era: 1537 - 1574
Ferdinando II's Era: 1581 - 1687
The Last of the Medici: 1723 - 1743