Renaissance and Reformation By Goldvanguard Dec 5, 1310 Dante writes the Divine Comedy Dec 5, 1390 Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales Dec 5, 1415 Donatello creates his statue of St. George Dec 5, 1434 Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini portrait Dec 5, 1447 Last Visconti ruler of Milan dies Dec 5, 1494 Charles VIII of France invades Naples Dec 5, 1505 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Dec 5, 1509 Erasmus writes his satire The Praise of Folly Dec 5, 1513 Machiavelli writes The Prince Dec 5, 1517 Martin Luher presents the Ninety-five Theses Dec 5, 1521 The Church excommunicates Luther Dec 5, 1527 Invading armies sack Rome Dec 5, 1528 Castiglione writes The Book of the Courtier Dec 5, 1555 The Peace of Augsburg divides Germany
