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Approximately 6,600,000,000? humans present possibly. All dates are approximate and information possible.
s0222c-Hildegard von BINGEN, Saint Hildegard or Blessed Hildegard, born 1098-9/17/1179 in Sponheim, Germany, artist, author, counselor, dramatist, linguist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, poet, political consultant, prophet, visionary, and a composer of music,
s0222s-GENGHIS KHAN born Temujin 1162-8/18/1227 in a Mongol tribe near Khentii Province near the Burhan Haldun mountain range, Mongolia,
s0222l-CENNI di PEPO (GIOVANNI) CIMABUE born 1240-1302 in Florence, painter,
0222p-MARCO POLO born 9/15/1254 in Venice or Curzola, Republic of Venice, passed 1/9/1324, was a trader and explorer who gained fame for his worldwide travels, recorded in the book Il Milione, The Million or The Travels of Marco Polo,
s0223l-DUCCIO di BUONINSEGNA born 1255-60 in Siena, Italy, painter,
s0224l-DANTE ALIGHIERI born Durante degli Alighieri 5-6/1265-9/1321 in Florence, Italy, writer,
s0225l-GIOTTO di BONDONE born 1266 in Colle di Vespignano, Italy, painter,
s0225t-Guillaume de MACHAUT born 1300-4/1377 in Rheims, Ardennes, France, lyrics around 400 poems, including 235 ballades, 76 rondeaux, 39 virelais, 24 lais, 10 complaintes, and 7 chansons royales, was a composer, one of last great poets who was also a composer,
s0226c-JOHN GOWER born 1330-1408 Kent?, England, poet, friend of Chaucer,
s0226l-GEOFFREY CHAUCER born 1343-10/25/1400 in London, England, was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat courtier, and diplomat, sometimes called the father of English literature,
s0227e-HUBERT van EYCK born 1366-1426 in Maeseyck or Maaseik, Belgium, older brother of Jan van Eyck,
s0227l-JAN van EYCK born Johannes de Eyck 1385-7/9/1441 in Maaseik?, in Limburg, Belgium, was an Early Netherlandish painter who lived in the then Duchy of Burgundy, a Flemish painter,
s0228l-DONATELLO born 1386, painter,
s0229l-FRA ANGELICO born Guido di Pietro 1395 in Mugello, Fiesole, Italy, painter,
s0229p-Paolo UCCELLO born 1397-12/10/1475 in Florence, Italy, painter,
s0230l-MASACCIO born 12/21/1401-1428 Castel San Giovanni di Altura, now San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo, Tuscany, painter,
s0231l-FRA FILIPPO LIPPI born 1406-10/8/1469 in Florence, Italy, painter,
s0232l-ANDREA del CASTAGNO 1421-57 Castagno, Italy, painter,
s0233l-ALESSO BALDOVINETTI born 10/14/1427-8/29/1499 in Florence, Italy, painter,
s0234l-VERROCCHIO born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de Cioni 1435 in Florence Italy, painter,
s0235l-SANDRO BOTTICELLI born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi 3/1/1445 in Florence, Italy, painter,
s0236l-LUCA SIGNORELLI born Luca d'Egidio di Ventura 1441-45 in Cortona, Tuscany, painter,
s0237l-PIETRO PERUGINO 1446-1524 in Citta della Pieve, Umbria, painter,
s0238l-DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO born 1449 Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (Il Ghirlandaio) in Florence Italy, painter,
s0238q-HIERONYMUS BOSCH born Jheronimus or Jeroen van Aken 1450-8/9/1516 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Brabant, Netherlands or Holland,
s0239l-Christopher COLUMBUS, Cristoforo Colombo, Cristobal Colon, born 1451 in Genoa, Italy,
s0240l-LEONARDO da VINCI born Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci 4/15/1452 in Vinci, Italy, painter, sculptor,
s0241l-FILIPPINO LIPPI born 1457 in Prato, Tuscany, painter, at painter,
s0242l-LORENZO di CREDI born 1459-1/12/1537 in Florence, Italy, painter, sculptor,
s0243e-VASCO da GAMA born 1460 or 69-12/24/1524 in Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, explorer, 1st Count of Vidigueira, successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India,
s0243l-JUAN PONCE de LEON born 1460-21 in Spain. Sailed with Columbus,discovered Florida,
s0244l-HANS HOLBEIN the Elder born 1460-1524 in Augsburg, Bavaria, painter,
s0245l-NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI born 5/3/1469-6/21/1527 in San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy, writer,
s0246l-ALBRECHT DURER born 5/21/1471-4/6/1528 in Nuremberg, Germany,
s0247l-NICOLAUS COPERNICUS born 2/19/1473-5/24/1543 in Torun, Poland, astronomer,
s0248l-MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI born 3/6/1475 near Arezzo in Caprese, Tuscany in Italy, painter, sculptor,
s0249l-GIORGIONE born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco 1477 in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, painter,
s0249o-FERDINAND MAGELLAN born Fernão de Magalhães 1480-4/27/1521 Sabrosa, Portugal, maritime explorer and in the service of the Spanish crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia and made the first known successful attempt to circumnavigate the Earth
s0250l-RAPHAEL SANTI or Raphel Sanzio da Urbino born 4/6/1483 in Urbino, Italy, painter, |