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Catherine de' Medici

1519 CE – 1589 CE · 70 years

The Florentine orphan who became the most powerful woman in Europe — queen, regent, and the force behind three kings of France through thirty years of civil war.

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Conflict

Russo–Kazan Wars

1445 CE – 1556 CE

Figure · Florence, Milan, France

Leonardo da Vinci

1452 CE – 1519 CE

Trade route

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1565 CE – 1815 CE

Landmark

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3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

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1530 CE – 1721 CE

Figure · Florence

Niccolò Machiavelli

1469 CE – 1527 CE

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Events the timeline places between 1519 CE and 1589 CE.

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Hampi Landmark · South Asia 1336 CE – 1565 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Anglo–Scottish Wars Conflict · Europe 1296 CE – 1560 CE Pachacamac Landmark · Americas 200 CE – 1533 CE Vice-Royalty of New Spain Polity · Americas 1530 CE – 1815 CE

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