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WHO WAS BORN

1493:

Baccio Bandinelli

A scultpor whose work was strongly influenced by Michelangelo, Bandinelli was popular with the Medici in the mid-sixteenth-century. His abrasive personality made him unpopular with contemporary artists, but his sculptures reveal his undeniable talent.

 

WHO DIED

607:

Boniface III

Before he became Pope, Boniface went as a legate to Constantinople and obtained from the emperor Phocas an edict that recognized the see of Rome as the head of all the churches.

1035:

Canute the Great

   

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