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Dec 5, 1310
Dante writes the Divine Comedy
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Dec 5, 1390
Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
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Dec 5, 1415
Donatello creates his statue of St. George
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Dec 5, 1434
Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini portrait
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Dec 5, 1447
Last Visconti ruler of Milan dies
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Dec 5, 1494
Charles VIII of France invades Naples
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Dec 5, 1505
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Dec 5, 1509
Erasmus writes his satire The Praise of Folly
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Dec 5, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
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Dec 5, 1517
Martin Luther presents the Ninety-five Theses
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Dec 5, 1521
The Church excommunicates Luther
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Dec 5, 1527
Invading armies sack Rome
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Dec 5, 1528
Castiglione writes The Book of the Courtier
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Dec 5, 1531
War between the Protestant and Catholic states in Switzerland
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Dec 5, 1534
The Act of Supremacy is passed in England
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Dec 5, 1540
The Society of Jesus becomes a religious order
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Dec 5, 1545
The Council of Trent is formed
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Dec 5, 1553
Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary," becomes Queen of England
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Dec 5, 1555
The Peace of Augsburg divides Germany
