Fifteenth Century Timeline
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1440
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Platonic Academy founded in Florence. Although the group was never
formally organised, they considered themselves to be a re-creation of the academy
in Athens formed by Plato. They met under the leadership of scholar
Marsilio Ficino. |
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Flemish painter, Hugo Van der Goes is born. He would be one of the greatest Flemish painters
of the late fifteenth century. |
1442
1443
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Margaret Beaufort, future mother of Henry VII, is born at Bletsoe Castle. |
1444
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Bartolomeo begins works on the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, the home of the Medici family in Florentine. It is one of the finest examples of early Renaissance architecture. |
1445
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Botticelli, one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance, is born. |
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