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1436| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | c. 1436 | England [biography] | English mystic Margery Kempe completes The Book of Margery Kempe, the earliest ‘autobiography’ in English literature, which was dictated to a scribe as Kempe was illiterate. | | 1436 | Italy [churches and temples] | The dome of Florence Cathedral in Italy, designed by the Italian artist and architect Filippo Brunelleschi, is completed. This marks the completion of the cathedral (known as the Duomo and as Santa Maria del Fiore), though it is ten years before the lantern surmounting the dome is added. Work began in 1296 to a design by Arnolfo di Cambio, enlarged by Francesco Talenti in the 1350s. | | 1436 | France, Florence [music] | French composer Guillaume Dufay composes the collection of motets Nuper rosarum flores to commemorate the completion of the dome of Florence Cathedral, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The structure of the music reflects the mathematical ratios Brunelleschi used in designing the dome. | | 13 April 1436 | France, England [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | The French city of Paris is taken from the English for King Charles VII of France, who restores it as his capital. | | 23 August 1436 | Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire [political events] | The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund enters Prague, Bohemia, having been fully recognized as king of Bohemia following his recognition of the 1433 Compacts of Prague. |
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