Renaissance and Reformation By susieesanchez Jul 10, 1310 Dante writes "The Divine Comedy" Mar 24, 1390 Chaucer writes "The Canterbury Tales" Feb 1, 1415 Donatello creates his statue of St. George Dec 5, 1427 Last Visconti ruler of Milan dies May 16, 1434 Jan van Eyck paints the Arnofini portrait May 11, 1494 Charles VIII of France invades Naples Oct 17, 1505 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Feb 17, 1509 Erasmus writes his satire "The Praise of Folly" Dec 27, 1517 Martin Luther presents the Ninety-five Theses May 20, 1521 The Church excommunicates Luther Aug 16, 1527 Invading armies sack Rome Oct 12, 1528 Castiglione writes "The Book of the Courtier" Mar 29, 1531 Machiavelli writes "The Prince" Jul 7, 1531 War between the Protestant and Catholic states in Switzerland Sep 7, 1534 The Act of Supremacy is passed in England Feb 22, 1540 The Society of Jesus becomes a religious order Dec 5, 1545 The Council of Trent is formed Dec 5, 1555 The Peace of Augsburg divides Germany